Passiflora mixta (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Passiflora mixta L.f.

Family: Passifloraceae

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.

Fruits are eaten fresh or prepared into drinks.

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.

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