Passiflora kermesina

Bitter-gourd-shaped passionfruit
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Passifloraceae
Genus: Passiflora
Species: P. kermesina
Binomial name
Passiflora kermesina
Link & Otto
Synonyms
  • Passiflora raddiana DC.

Passiflora kermesina ('kermesina'=crimson) (syn. Passiflora raddiana DC.) is a native plant of Brazil, which is found in the wild in Caatinga and Cerrado vegetation. [1]

It is cultivated as a vining ornamental plant.

See also

References

  1. Cited in The Floral Cabinet & Magazine of Exotic Botany 1837-1840 by G.B. Knowles and Frederic Westcott.
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