Passiflora laurifolia L.

 
  • Family : PASSIFLORACEAE
    (Passion-Flower Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KRISHNA KAMAL FAMILY (कृष्णा कमल फैमिली )
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : PASSIFLORACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Passiflora laurifolia L.
  • Habit : Climber
  • Comments / notes : Grown in gardens
  • Key identification features : Stems terete. Leaves entire, ovate-oblong. Flowers white or blue with red spots. Fruits ovoid, yellow, edible.
  • Flower, Fruit : September-November
  • Native : Tropical America
  • Literature : N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2.pp.49. Botanical survey of India, Govt. Of India.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Passiflora laurifolia. Downloaded on 9 December 2024.

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