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Passiflora vesicaria
Also called Stinking Passionflower
Passiflora vesicaria, also called Orangefruit Passionflower or Stinking Passionflower, is a tropical climbing vine with three-lobed leaves and small fruit that ripen yellow-orange. It needs warmth, moisture and a support to climb on.
Passiflora vesicaria is a species of plant in the family Passifloraceae. It was first described by Linnaeus, later synonymized with Passiflora foetida as the varieties Passiflora foetida var. glabrifolia, P. foetida var. hispida, and P. foetida var. isthmia. Vanderplank restored it to full species status in 2013.
Passiflora vesicaria is native to Central and South America, including Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama and Costa Rica; and to several Caribbean islands including Trinidad and Tobago, the Windward Islands, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and Cuba. The variety P. vesicaria var. galapagensis is endemic to the Galapagos Islands.
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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.
