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New Zealand Passionflower

Passiflora tetrandra

Also called New Zealand Passionfruit

New Zealand Passionflower
Photo: Birdbabe, CC BY-SA 4.0

New Zealand passionflower is a native climbing vine from New Zealand, the only passionflower species native there. It is grown as a climber in mild, frost-free gardens and suits a sunny, sheltered spot with support to climb on.

Family
Passifloraceae (Passion-flower family)
Grows as
Climber
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly during dry spells in summer, and let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, moderately fertile garden soil or loam.
Temperature
10–25 °C; protect below about 0 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
New Zealand
Climate
subtropical

About

Passiflora tetrandra (Māori: kōhia), also known as New Zealand passionflower, New Zealand passionfruit, or kohe, is a climbing vine found in New Zealand. Of the c. 500 species of passionflower, this is the sole species native to New Zealand.

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 tetrandra 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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