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Passiflora kuranda

Passiflora kuranda
Photo: Tony Rodd from Sydney, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0

Passiflora kuranda is a tendril climber from the passionfruit family, native only to the wet rainforests of northeastern Queensland, Australia. It is a vigorous vine that needs a strong support and a warm, humid, frost-free climate to thrive.

Family
Passifloraceae (Passion-flower family)
Grows as
Climber
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during the growing season and water less in cooler months.
Soil
Rich, well-drained organic potting mix or garden loam.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Queensland
Climate
wet tropical

About

Passiflora kuranda is a plant in the passionfruit family Passifloraceae found only in northeastern Queensland, Australia. It is a tendril climber to about 15 m (49 ft) long and 8 cm (3.1 in) diameter, with simple leaves up to 17 cm (6.7 in) long and 7.5 cm (3.0 in) wide. The flowers are about 3 cm (1.2 in) wide and the fruit is about 9 cm (3.5 in) long, 7 cm (2.8 in) wide and green when ripe. It inhabits rainforest from Cooktown southwards to Cairns and the Atherton Tableland, at altitudes from near sea level to about 900 m (3,000 ft).

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 kuranda 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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