Passiflora vitifolia

Taxobox | name = "Passiflora vitifolia"

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image_width = 250px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Malpighiales
familia = Passifloraceae
genus = "Passiflora"
species = "P. vitifolia"
binomial = "Passiflora vitifolia"
binomial_authority = Kunth

"Passiflora vitifolia" is a species of "Passiflora", native to southern Central America (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama) and northwestern South America (Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru). It is a vine with cylindric stems covered in red-brown hairs when young. The leaves are three-lobed, up to 15 cm long and 18 cm broad. The flowers are bright red, up to 9 cm diameter. The fruit is a berry 5 cm long and 3 cm broad, containing numerous seeds.Germplasm Resources Information Network: [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?27016 "Passiflora vitifolia"] ] Huxley, A., ed. (1992). "New RHS Dictionary of Gardening". Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.]

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