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PRE — Plant Risk Evaluator

Passiflora caerulea

by Mafiou44
Common Name(s)
Blue passionflower, Bluecrown passionflower, blue passionfruit
Synonym(s)
Granadilla caerulea, Passiflora loureiroi, Passiflora selloi, Granadilla coerulea

Is this plant a cultivar?  No

Life History:  Perennial

Growth Form:  vine

Native to South America (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Brazil).

Passiflora caerulea is a perennial vine in the Passifloraceae family. It is a vigorous, deciduous or semi-evergreen tendril vine growing to 10 m or more, with palmate leaves and fragrant, blue-white flowers with a prominent fringe of coronal filaments in bands of blue, white, and brown. The ovoid orange fruit, growing to 6 cm, is edible but bland (GBIF).

Sold as an ornamental and listed in Sunset Western Garden Book.

External Resources
GBIF Species Page
USDA Plants Database page
Tropicos Species Page
US National Germplasm Database
CABI
Calflora
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