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Passiflora antioquiensis
Also called Banana Passionfruit, Red Banana Passionflower, Vanilla Banana Passionfruit
Passiflora antioquiensis, the red banana passionfruit, is a vigorous climbing vine from the Andes of Colombia, grown for its pendant pink-red flowers and banana-shaped fruit. It needs a warm, frost-free site and a sturdy support to climb on.
Passiflora antioquiensis, the red banana passionfruit, is a species of flowering plant in the family Passifloraceae. It is native to Colombia and is named for the Antioquia Department in Colombia where the type specimen was collected. It was originally described by Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten in 1859. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. With Passiflora tripartita var. mollissima it was hybridised in the Veitch Nurseries in Exeter, England in the 1870s to yield Passiflora × exoniensis, which has also gained the Award of Garden Merit.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
