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Passiflora vitifolia Kunth
Synonym
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Macrophora sanguinea (Sm.) Raf.
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Family
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Passifloraceae
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Local name
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English- Grapevine Leaf Passion fruit
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Flowering and fruiting period
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August-May
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Distribution
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Native of South America
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Distribution in Kerala
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All Districts
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Habitat
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Grown as garden plant
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Endemic/Exotic
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Exotic
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Uses
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Fruit - raw and made into juices. A juicy pulp with an acidic flavour
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Key botanical characters:
It is a vine with cylindric stems covered in red-brown hairs when
young. The leaves are serrate, three-lobed, up to 15 cm
long and 18 cm broad. The lobed leaves' resemblance to grape leaves gives this passionflower
its specific epithet, "vitifolia," meaning "grape leaves"
after the Latin for grape "vitis." The flowers are bright red, up to
9 cm diameter. The fruit is a berry. 5 cm long and
3 cm broad, with green flesh speckled with white, slight downy hairs,
containing numerous seeds.
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