Stinking Passion Flower (species: Passiflora foetida) in Cairns and Surrounds (Gaia Guide)
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Passiflora foetida
Stinking Passion Flower


©Anne: Passiflora foetida flower at Lizard Island

©Barbara Banks: Stinking Passion Flower (Passiflora foetida)

©Barbara Banks: Stinking Passion Flower (Passiflora foetida)

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Kingdom Plantae
Division Tracheophyta
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Malpighiales
Family Passifloraceae
Genus Passiflora
Species Passiflora foetida

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Distinguishing features

A vine with three-lobed leaves and climbing tendrils. Web-like bracts at the base of the flower surround the fruit. White flowers open at night. Fruit becomes yellow when ripe and is edible at that stage (Cribb and Cribb, 1985).

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

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Comments

This species has been introduced from South America and is considered "naturalised" in Australia.

by Anne Hoggett

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Local abundance

  • Lizard Island: Common at LIRS

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References

  • Cribb, A.B. and J.W. Cribb (1985). Plant life of the Great Barrier Reef and adjacent shores University of Queensland Press, St Lucia.
  • De Sloover, J.R. and A.-L. Jacquemart (2008). Nymph Island (Great Barrier Reef, Qld., Australia): Flora and vegetation of a low wooded island, Scripta Botanica Belgica, 43: 1-88. LIRS catalog number 1210.