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Passiflora arborea

Passiflora arborea
Photo: Johnocampo, Public domain

Passiflora arborea is a freestanding tree-like passion flower from the Andes region of Colombia, Ecuador and Panama, growing up to about 15 m tall. It is rarely cultivated, so its care is mostly inferred from related passion flowers.

Family
Passifloraceae (Passion-flower family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly during the growing season and let the top few centimetres of soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile loam or a rich potting mix.
Temperature
15–28 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Hard

About

Passiflora arborea is a species of passion flower found in Colombia, Ecuador and Panama. Passiflora arborea is a freestanding tree that can grow to be 50 feet tall. They germinate anywhere from an elevation of 1400 – 2000 ft. The tree's leaves grow to be 1 to 1½ feet long. It is native to Colombia, is rarely seen in cultivation, and is one of two species of Passiflora that is not widely distributed throughout the country.

Other Passiflora plants

Sea anemone passion flower · Bracted passionflower · Passionflower · Passiflora ambigua · Passiflora amoena · Passiflora ampullacea · Passion flower · Passion flower · Passionflower · Passiflora arbelaezii · Arizona Passion Vine · Norfolk Island Passionfruit

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Passiflora arborea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

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.

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