Trees & Plants

Foetid passion flower

Dhaagandu Kekuri

Passiflora foetida L.

Common in disturbed areas The fruits are edible, raw or cooked. The leaves are used in baths as a remedy for skin infections. The roots have at antispasmodic properties. Th reat & damage: Th ough the plant is reported to invade natural vegetation in a number of countries, it does

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uses: The fruits are edible, raw or cooked. The leaves are used in baths as a remedy for skin infections. The roots have at antispasmodic properties. Th reat & damage: Th ough the plant is reported to invade natural vegetation in a number of countries, it doesn’t cause any serious impact. 5,
family: Passifloraceae
synonym: Dysosmia foetida (L.) M.Roem., Passiflora balansae Chodat
description: Herbaceous vines; stem, petioles and leaves glandular-hispid. Leaves roughly to deeply 3-5 lobed, 5-7 × 3-5 cm, suborbicular to ovate, cordate at base, lobes acuminate, adpressed glandular- Th pubescent; petiole to 1.5 cm long; stipules deeply dissected to glandular appendaged. Bracts and bracteoles deeply pinnatisect, glandular-pubescent. Flowers axillary, often solitary, 3-4 cm across. Calyx lobes 5, × 1-1.5 0.6- 0.8 cm, broadly ovate, apically spurred. Petals white, shorter than calyx lobes. Coronal segments in 2 whorls; outer coronal hairs many, 0.8-1 cm long; inner ones 2-3 mm long. Gynandrophore 5 mm long. Stamens 5. Ovary 1-celled; ovules many; styles 3; stigma capitate. Berries 1.5- 2 cm diam., subglobose, yellow, subtended by the bracts; seeds many, 4-5 mm, ovate, laterally compressed, pitted.
native range: Tropical America
distribution: Naturalised widely in the tropics and subtropics
english names: Foetid passion flower · Pop vine · Stinking passion flower
flowering fruiting: July – December
occurrence maldives: Common in disturbed areas