Passifloraceae
Passiflora

Passiflora laurifolia L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 956 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Caribbean to N. & NE. Brazil. It is a liana and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a poison and a medicine, has environmental uses and for food.

Descriptions

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Amazonia, Andean, Guiana Shield, Orinoquia, Pacific. Elevation range: 0–1500 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Amazonas, Antioquia, Caquetá, Meta, Vaupés, Vichada.
Habit
Climbing.
Conservation
National Red List of Colombia (2021): LC.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, shrubland, native grassland, wetlands (inland), artificial - terrestrial.
[UPFC]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Vernacular
GOLDEN APPLE, WATER LEMON
Morphology General Habit
High-climbing vine, the stems grooved-striate; leaves glabrous, elliptic or broadly oblong, 6–14 cm long, 1-nerved, the apex abruptly pointed, the base rounded or subcordate; petioles with 2 glands near the apex; stipules linear, 6–9 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers solitary on peduncles longer than the petioles; segments of the involucre 3.5–4 cm long, leafy, not united, with margins usually glandular-dentate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals pale green, horned below the apex; petals shorter and narrower than the sepals, cream with minute red speckles; corona in several unlike series of various lengths, bright purple with white transverse bands toward the base
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit narrowly ellipsoid, 7–8 cm long, orange-yellow, edible.
Distribution
Grand Cayman. West Indies and northern S. America, indigenous and cultivated.
[Cayman]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 0 - 1500 m.; Amazonia, Andes, Guayana y Serranía de La Macarena, Orinoquia, Pacífico.
Morphology General Habit
Trepadora
Conservation
Preocupación Menor
[CPLC]

Uses

Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Gene Sources
Used as gene sources.
Use Food
Used for food.
Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
Use Poisons
Poisons.
[UPFC]

Common Names

unknown
yellow granadilla

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0