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Passiflora maliformis
Smallish (2") passionfruit with purple, yellow or green skin and a grayed-yellow orange pulp that is aromatically scented and flavored. It is a fast growing vine, growimg best in somewhat cooler than tropical climates. The rind is particularly hard, and tougher than most passion fruits.
rainforest
Spotted these passionflowers growing wild along side the main highway near the vilage of Wowetta. The main highway cuts through primary rainforest.
Spotted on May 2, 2011
Submitted on May 2, 2011
7 Comments
Cool! And now I can change my spotting ID, thanks.. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/128...
You're totally right, good catch. Thanks for correcting me, I've updated it.
i think that it's a passiflora maliformis and not passiflora quadrangularis, because the p.quadrangularis' flower are red and don't have a green brattae
Oh awesome, thanks for the recommendation Dan! I'll have a look for it in our library :)
Laura, if you really like Passionflowers and want to know more about them and see plenty of amazing photos, check out the book
Passionflowers by John Vanderplank
Thank you. Passionflowers are one of my favorites too, but they are so hard to find in the wild. I will post the one other I saw in Guyana.
I love passionflowers, and these are gorgeous. The first picture is very interesting, I think it displays the ornate structure wonderfully. What a wonderful thing to find :)