Woodland Passionflower (Passiflora morifolia)
Description
Passiflora morifolia, the-blue sweet calabash-or-woodland passionflower, is a white and purple flowered-passion flower-with blue or purple fruit. The very fast-growing vine that can grow a few dozen feet in a season. Flowers are ornate, white, blue and purple fruits follow, which ripen to blue or purple. The orange pulp might be edible. The hardiness ofP.-morifolia-is to at least 32 -F, some sources claim as low as 15-20 -F. It grows well in full sun or filtered sun. The vine is fast growing and once established it is quite vigorous. Its propagation is by seed or by-cuttings. It is grown as an ornamental. It is not cultivated for its fruit. It is native to the parts of Central and South America.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Malpighiales
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Family: Passifloraceae
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Genus: Passiflora
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