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Red Granadilla

Passiflora miniata

Also called Red Passionflower

Red Granadilla
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0

Red granadilla (Passiflora miniata) is a climbing vine with large red flowers, native to western South America and west-central Brazil. It needs warm, humid, frost-free conditions and a sturdy support to climb.

Family
Passifloraceae (Passion-flower family)
Grows as
Climber
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly during growth, letting the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile, moisture-retentive mix rich in organic matter.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
W. South America to WC. Brazil
Climate
wet tropical

About

Passiflora miniata, commonly known as the red passionflower, is a flowering plant of the passion flower family (Passifloraceae). It is a vine with tendrils up to 33 cm (13 in) long, and red flowers with a purple corona; these flowers, up to 13 cm (5.1 in) wide, are among the largest in the genus.

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 miniata 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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