Passiflora mixta (PROSEA)
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Passiflora mixta L.f.
- Family: Passifloraceae
Distribution
Originating from Ecuador, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, and southern Peru, where it grows wild and cultivated. Occasionally it is cultivated elsewhere, e.g. in New Zealand and Java.
Uses
Fruits are eaten fresh or prepared into drinks.
Observations
Closely related to and often confused with P. mollissima (Kunth) Bailey. Fruit an ovoid berry, 4-6 cm × 2-3 cm, greenish-yellow. Highly variable species, hybridizing easily with other tacsonias. It occurs between 500-2000 m altitude.
Selected sources
51, 52, 93.