Foetid Passion Flower
Passiflora foetida
Also known as Common Passion Flower, Pop Vine, Running Pop, Stinking Passion Flower, Tagua Passion Flower, Wild Maracuja
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- June-December
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Passiflora foetida
- Genus
- Passiflora
- Family
- Passifloraceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Degraded forests and wastelands
- Native to
- Tropical America
- Distribution
- Naturalised in India, China and Africa
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Telangana, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Goa, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Rajasthan, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha
- Flowering & fruiting
- June-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- LobedrecordedThe edge is divided into rounded or pointed sections that don't reach the midrib.“The leaves are three- to five-lobed and viscid-hairy.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- PubescentrecordedCovered in short, soft hairs.“The leaves are three- to five-lobed and viscid-hairy.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Characters marked “recorded” are for Foetid Passion Flower itself; the rest are typical of the Passifloraceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- White-purplerecorded
Characters marked “recorded” are for Foetid Passion Flower itself; the rest are typical of the Passifloraceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Bengali
- ঝুমকোলতা
- Tamil
- காட்டுக் கொடித்தோடை, குரங்குப்பழம், சிறுபூனைக்காலி
- Malayalam
- അമ്മൂമ്മപ്പഴം, Passiflora foetida, കൊരുങ്ങുണ്ണിപ്പഴം
About Foetid Passion Flower
Foetid Passion Flower (Passiflora foetida) is a climber in the Passifloraceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and 17 other states. It grows in degraded forests and wastelands. Flowering and fruiting run from June to December.
Uses
Locally it is grown for parts that are eaten and long used in traditional medicine. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
Passifloraceae
Passionflower family
Foetid Passion Flower belongs to the Passifloraceae family.
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