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| − | Climbing vine, 7-10 m long with deeply 3-lobed leaves and purplish-white flowers. Fruit an ovoid berry, about 5 cm long, yellow. Up to 1500 m altitude. | + | *Climbing vine, 7-10 m long with deeply 3-lobed leaves and purplish-white flowers. |
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| − | + | *Bailey, L.H., 1949. Manual of cultivated plants. Revised ed. Macmillan, New York. 1116 pp. | |
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| + | *Mansfeld, R. & Schultze Motel, J., 1986. Verzeichnis landwirtschaftlicher und gärtnerischer Kuturpflanzen. 2nd ed. 4 Volumes. Springer Verlag, Berlin. 1998 pp. | ||
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| + | *Martin, F.W. & Nakasone, H.Y., 1970. The edible species of Passiflora. Economic Botany 24: 333-343. | ||
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| + | *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. | ||
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| + | == Authors == | ||
| + | P.C.M. Jansen, J. Jukema, L.P.A. Oyen, T.G. van Lingen | ||
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Introduction |
- Family: Passifloraceae
Vernacular names
- Apricot vine, maypop (En).
Distribution
Wild in southern United States. Occasionally cultivated also in India, Italy, Cuba and South-East Asia.
Uses
The fruits are eaten raw or prepared into drinks and ice-creams. Plant also used medicinally.
Observations
- Climbing vine, 7-10 m long with deeply 3-lobed leaves and purplish-white flowers.
- Fruit an ovoid berry, about 5 cm long, yellow.
Up to 1500 m altitude.
Selected sources
- Bailey, L.H., 1949. Manual of cultivated plants. Revised ed. Macmillan, New York. 1116 pp.
- Mansfeld, R. & Schultze Motel, J., 1986. Verzeichnis landwirtschaftlicher und gärtnerischer Kuturpflanzen. 2nd ed. 4 Volumes. Springer Verlag, Berlin. 1998 pp.
- Martin, F.W. & Nakasone, H.Y., 1970. The edible species of Passiflora. Economic Botany 24: 333-343.
- 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
