Blue Passion Flower
Passiflora caerulea
- Found in India
- Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand
How to identify Blue Passion Flower
Identify Blue Passion Flower by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Confirm leaf arrangement: Alternate.
- Confirm leaf shape: Linear.
- Confirm flower colour: Blue-purple.
- Confirm fruit type: Berry.
- In India, compare location records such as Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand.
- Confirm it sits within the Passifloraceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Blue Passion Flower.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Passiflora caerulea
- Genus
- Passiflora
- Family
- Passifloraceae
- Found in India
- Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- AlternaterecordedOne leaf per node, arranged in a spiral or zigzag up the stem.“The leaves are alternate, palmately five-lobed (sometimes three, seven, or nine lobes), and are up to 10 centimetres (4 in) in length while being linear-oblong shaped.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- LinearrecordedVery long and narrow with roughly parallel sides.“The leaves are alternate, palmately five-lobed (sometimes three, seven, or nine lobes), and are up to 10 centimetres (4 in) in length while being linear-oblong shaped.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf margin
- LobedrecordedThe edge is divided into rounded or pointed sections that don't reach the midrib.“The leaves are alternate, palmately five-lobed (sometimes three, seven, or nine lobes), and are up to 10 centimetres (4 in) in length while being linear-oblong shaped.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Characters marked “recorded” are for Blue Passion Flower itself; the rest are typical of the Passifloraceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Blue-purplerecorded
- Fruit type
- BerryrecordedA fleshy fruit with seeds embedded directly in the pulp, no central stone.“The fruit is an oval orange-yellow berry, 6 cm (2+1⁄4 in) long by 4 cm (1+1⁄2 in) in diameter, containing an average of 10 to 35 seeds.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Characters marked “recorded” are for Blue Passion Flower itself; the rest are typical of the Passifloraceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Nepali
- घडीफूल
About Blue Passion Flower
Blue Passion Flower (Passiflora caerulea) is a species in the Passifloraceae family. In India it has been recorded in Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand.
Uses
In practice it is grown for parts that are eaten and long used in traditional medicine. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
In culture
It is used as an official or regional emblem.
Passifloraceae
Passionflower family
Blue Passion Flower belongs to the Passifloraceae family.
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