Kunth, Passifloraceae |
Present on Pacific Islands? yes
Primarily a threat at high elevations? no
Common name(s): [more details]
English: two-lobed passion flower, wingleaf passionfruit |
Habit: vine
Description: "Herbaceous vines. Leaves with blades 1.5-5 cm long, 4-9 cm wide, 2-lobed, venation conspicuously reticulate, glabrous, with orbicular laminar nectaries ca. 1 mm in diameter between main veins on lower surface, stipules setaceous, 3-8 mm long, deciduous. Flowers campanulate, 3-4 cm in diameter, peduncles usually paired; hypanthium 0.2-0.4 cm long; sepals and petals bluish white, corona yellow, banded with purple, filamentous, 1-1.5 cm long. Berries purple at maturity, globose, 1-1.5 cm in diameter" (Wagner et al., 1999; p. 1012).
Habitat/ecology: In Hawaii, "introduced as an ornamental, escaping into abandoned lots and sugar cane fields, 135 m" (Wagner et al., 1999; p. 1012).
Propagation: Seed
Native range: "...open lowlands from southern Mexico to northern South America" (Wagner et al., 1999; p. 1012).
Presence:
Pacific | |||
Country/Terr./St. & Island group |
Location |
Cited status &
Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction? |
Reference &
Comments |
American Samoa
Manua Islands |
Ofu Island |
introduced
|
Ragone, Diane/Lorence, David H. (2003) (p. 52)
Passiflora cf. pulchella |
American Samoa
Manua Islands |
Ofu Island |
National Tropical Botanical Garden (U.S.A. Hawaii. Kalaheo.) (2001) (voucher ID: PTBG 35359)
Taxon name on voucher: Passiflora cf. pulchella Kunth |
|
French Polynesia
Tuamotu Archipelago |
Makatea (Maatea) Island |
introduced
invasive |
Florence, J./Chevillotte, H./Ollier, C./Meyer, J.-Y. (2013)
Voucher cited: J. Florence 9132 (PAP) Adventice |
French Polynesia
Tuamotu Archipelago |
Makatea (Maatea) Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1988) (voucher ID: BISH 558732)
Taxon name on voucher: Passiflora pulchella Kunth |
|
French Polynesia
Tuamotu Archipelago |
Tuamotu Island |
introduced
invasive |
Florence, J./Chevillotte, H./Ollier, C./Meyer, J.-Y. (2013)
Voucher cited: J. Florence 9132 (PAP) Adventice |
State of Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands |
Hawaii (Big) Island |
introduced
invasive cultivated |
Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 1012) |
State of Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands |
Oahu Island |
introduced
invasive cultivated |
Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 1012) |
Control: If you know of control methods for Passiflora pulchella, please let us know.