Passiflora foetida L.

 
  • Family : PASSIFLORACEAE
    (PASSION-FLOWER FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Passifloraceae
  • Species : Passiflora foetida
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Passiflora foetida L.
  • Common name : Foetid Passion Flower, Common Passion Flower
  • Vernacular name : Kukke-balli (Kan.); Mosukattan, Poonaipidukku (Tam.); Tella jumiki, Adavimotala, Gujeteega (Tel.); Bisripi (Ori.)
  • Key identification features : A small climbing vine on hedges and shrubs with simple alternate lobed leaves and tendrils. Flowers are about 4 cm or more across, attractive and solitary. Involucre bracts are filiform-pectinate. Fruit is fleshy and globose covered with the persistant hairy bract.
  • Habit : Climbing Shrub
  • Flower, Fruit : June-December
  • Native : Tropical South America
  • Comments : Common in hedges, thickets and waste places.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Throughout Eastern Ghats
  • World Distribution : Naturalized in tropics of the World
  • Literature : J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Passiflora foetida. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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