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Passiflora morifolia
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Leopold Takawira Street, by Harare Gardens
Photo: Mark Hyde
Leopold Takawira Street, by Harare Gardens
Photo: Mark Hyde
Leopold Takawira Street, by Harare Gardens
Photo: Mark Hyde
Leopold Takawira Street, by Harare Gardens
Photo: Mark Hyde
Leopold Takawira Street, by Harare Gardens
Photo: Mark Hyde
Leopold Takawira Street, by Harare Gardens
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| Common names: | Blue sweet calabash (English) Woodland passion flower (English) |
| Description: | Herbaceous perennial climber, cultivated in gardens and rare as an escape. Stems grooved, slightly 4-angled, velvety when young; axillary tendrils present. Leaves alternate, 3-lobed with ovate-triangular, pointed lobes, deeply cordate at the base, thinly textured, somewhat roughly hairy on both surfaces; margin toothed or subentire; petiole up to 6 cm long, flattened, conspicuous glands at the apex; stipules ovate, c. 6 × 3 mm. Flowers solitary, axillary, 2-3 cm in diameter. Sepals, white mottled with red inside. Petals, white. Corona with a single row of filaments, 5-6 mm. long, white with blue or violet bands. Fruit spherical, 2 cm in diameter, blue-green, roughly hairy. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | morifolia: with leaves like a Mulberry (Morus sp., Moraceae). |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Native of South America and cultivated in some warm countries. Naturalized in Malaysia, Java and several Pacific Islands. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Fernandes, R. & A. (1978). Passifloraceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 409 - 411. |
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