Passiflora gracilis (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Passiflora gracilis Jacq.

Family: Passifloraceae

Distribution

Originating from Venezuela, now cultivated there and occasionally elsewhere in the tropics.

Uses

The fruits are edible.

Observations

• Climbing herb.
• Flowers 2.5 cm in diameter.
• Fruit a subglobose berry, 2.5 cm long, purple.

Species for higher altitudes in the tropics, up to 1500 m.

Selected sources

• Brücher, H., 1977. Tropische Nutzpflanzen. Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. 529 pp.

• van Steenis, C.G.G.J. et al. (Editors), 1950-. Flora Malesiana. Series 1. Vol. 1, 4-10. Centre for Research and Development in Biology, Bogor, Indonesia, and Rijksherbarium, Leiden, the Netherlands. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, London.

Authors

P.C.M. Jansen, J. Jukema, L.P.A. Oyen, T.G. van Lingen