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Norfolk Island Passionfruit

Passiflora aurantia

Also called Orange Petaled Passion Flower, Orangepetal Passionflower

Norfolk Island Passionfruit
Photo: Tony van Kampen, CC BY 4.0

A climbing passionflower native to the Pacific and eastern Australia, grown for its orange-petaled flowers and edible but tart fruit. It needs warm, humid, frost-free conditions and a support to climb.

Family
Passifloraceae (Passion-flower family)
Grows as
Shrub, Climber
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during growth and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, fertile loam enriched with organic matter.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Safety
Not known to be toxic
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
WC. Sulawesi, Papua New Guinea to SW. Pacific, E. Australia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Passiflora aurantia, the orange-petaled passion flower, is a species in the family Passifloraceae which produces edible but not particularly palatable fruit. It is native to New Caledonia and Australia. It is found in Queensland, Australia.

Other Passiflora plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Passiflora aurantia 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.

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.

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