Author Topic: Passiflora ID  (Read 1135 times)

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Passiflora ID
« on: February 05, 2018, 08:37:52 AM »
I noticed this vine growing on my Eugenia hedge.
Looks like a tiny passion fruit.
I remember the flowers being small as well, looked like a normal passion fruit flower but only around 1/2"



I just wanted to make sure it wasn't anything special before i remove it.
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Re: Passiflora ID
« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2018, 05:29:32 PM »
I'm mostly familiar with incarnata but that doesn't look like any Passiflora vine I've seen. I would be looking for the 3-lobed, trident-shaped leaves. Maybe other species do not have that type of leaf.

Is it twirling itself up that tree or does it have tendrils? Not 100% sure but i'd suspect all Passiflora have tendrils - they don't climb on their own.

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Re: Passiflora ID
« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2018, 05:42:20 PM »
Yup it has tendrils it's climbing some hedges.
I wonder if it's small simply because of the shade

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Re: Passiflora ID
« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2018, 07:07:34 PM »
passiflora foetida has smaller flowers, but bigger than 1/2"


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Re: Passiflora ID
« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2018, 08:44:56 PM »
foetida is what grows wild in my front garden bed.
If you can eat it, GROW IT!!

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Re: Passiflora ID
« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2018, 09:37:40 PM »
foetida leaves apparently are lobed, though not as deeply as incarnata. So from the picture provided it would rule that out.

 

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