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Banana Poka

Passiflora tripartita

Also called Banana Passionfruit

Banana Poka
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0

Banana passionfruit (Passiflora tripartita) is a vigorous climbing vine from the Andes, grown for its sweet yellow-orange fruit and as an ornamental. It needs cool to mild highland conditions and does best in areas that stay frost-free.

Family
Passifloraceae (Passion-flower family)
Grows as
Climber
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly during growth and dry spells, letting the top layer of soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile soil or loam with organic matter.
Temperature
12–24 °C; protect below 0 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Panama to Venezuela and Bolivia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Passiflora tripartita, also called curuba, tumbo, curuba de Castilla, tumbo serrano and poro poro, is a species of Passiflora from Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, and Brazil in areas at elevations of 2000 – 3200 meters.

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 tripartita 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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