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Passiflora mixta
Also called Passion Flower, Banana Passion Vine, Northern Banana Passionfruit
Passiflora mixta is a perennial climbing vine from the Andes, grown for its large pink to orange-red flowers and edible banana-flavoured fruit. It is best suited to cool highland conditions and is an important relative of commercial banana passionfruit.
Passiflora mixta, from the family Passifloraceae is also known as curuba (in Colombia), curuba de indio, curuba de monte, curubita, parcha (in Venezuela), and taxo (in Ecuador). Originally, it derived from the monophyletic Passiflora subgenus Tacsonia. Passiflora mixta is endemic to the Americas. A perennial vine, the Passiflora mixta is pink to orange-red in color.
Passiflora mixta ranges from Venezuela to Bolivia, and has been naturalized in Africa and New Zealand. It is restricted to highland areas between 1,700 and 3,700 m (5,600 and 12,100 ft) above sea level. The species can withstand disturbances and is more prominent in dryer environments and lower altitudes than other species of Tacsonia. It grows along the edges of forests and along the margins.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Passiflora mixta 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.
