Passiflora rubra

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Passiflora rubra
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Flower
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Fruit
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Passifloraceae
Genus: Passiflora
Species:
P. rubra
Binomial name
Passiflora rubra
L.

Passiflora rubra, the Dutchman's laudanum, [1] is a species in the family Passifloraceae. It is native throughout the West Indies, and to Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and eastern Brazil.

Passiflora rubra is vegetatively almost indistinguishable from Passiflora capsularis , but the two species may be distinguished in flower and fruit. The ovaries of the flowers of Passiflora rubra has a dense coating of white, or less commonly brownish hairs, and the fruit, while variable in shape, is always obovoid, unlike that of Passiflora capsularis which is tapering at both ends.

References

  1. NRCS. "Passiflora rubra". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 15 September 2015.