L., Passifloraceae |
Present on Pacific Islands? yes
Primarily a threat at high elevations? no
Common name(s): [more details]
Chinese: zhang ye xi fan lian |
English: Jamaica honeysuckle, bell apple, belle apple, passion fruit, sweetcup, water lemon, yellow granadilla, yellow water lemon |
French: pomme d'or, pomme-liane |
Samoan: pāsio, pāsio ai mata, pāsio esi |
Spanish: parcha |
Tongan: vaine ae kumā, vaine ae kuma, vaine tinetina |
Habit: vine
Description: "Lianas. Leaves coriaceous, blades oblong, 6.5-14 cm long, 4.5-6.5 cm wide, glabrous, margins entire, petioles with 2 rounded, subsessile nectaries ca. 1 mm long at apex, stipules linear-lanceolate, up to ca.10 mm long, deciduous. Flowers pendent, campanulate, 6-7 cm in diameter, peduncles solitary, bracts obovate to elliptic, 3.5-4.3 cm long, 2-2.8 cm wide; hypanthium 0.4-0.8 cm long; sepals and petals white or splotched with purple; corona purple-banded, filamentous, ca. 2 cm long. Berries yellow, ovate to globose, 5-6.3 cm long, 3-4.5 cm in diameter, aril white, edible" (Wagner et al., 1999; pp. 1011, 1887).
Habitat/ecology: In Hawaii, "naturalized in mesic to wet, disturbed areas, climbing over vegetation, 0-280 m" (Wagner et al., 1999; p. 1011). In Fiji, "a cultivated and sparingly naturalized climbing vine found...near sea level" (Smith, 1981; pp. 668-669).
Propagation: Seed, spread by birds and animals.
Native range: West Indies, Guianas, and South America from Venezuela to eastern Brazil; widely cultivated.
Presence:
Pacific | |||
Country/Terr./St. & Island group |
Location |
Cited status &
Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction? |
Reference &
Comments |
Cook Islands
Southern Cook Islands |
Mauke Island |
cultivated
|
McCormack, Gerald (2013) |
Cook Islands
Southern Cook Islands |
Mauke Island | Sykes, Bill (year unknown) | |
Fiji
Fiji Islands |
Vanua Levu Island |
introduced
invasive cultivated |
Smith, Albert C. (1981) (pp. 668-669)
Voucher cited: Smith 400 |
French Polynesia
Marquesas Islands |
Ua Huka (Huahuna, Uahuka) Island |
introduced
cultivated |
Lorence, David H./Wagner, Warren L. (2013) |
French Polynesia
Marquesas Islands |
Ua Huka (Huahuna, Uahuka) Island |
introduced
invasive |
Florence, J./Chevillotte, H./Ollier, C./Meyer, J.-Y. (2013)
Voucher cited: L. Dunn & J.-Y. Meyer 398 (PAP) Naturalisée |
French Polynesia
Marquesas Islands |
Ua Huka (Huahuna, Uahuka) Island |
National Tropical Botanical Garden (U.S.A. Hawaii. Kalaheo.) (2003) (voucher ID: PTBG 40923)
Taxon name on voucher: Passiflora laurifolia |
|
French Polynesia
Society Islands |
Raiatea (Havai) Island |
introduced
invasive |
Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 212) |
French Polynesia
Society Islands |
Tahiti Island |
introduced
invasive |
Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 212)
Vouchers cited: Setchell & Parks 210, Grant 4428, Grant 5337 |
French Polynesia
Society Islands |
Tahiti Island |
introduced
invasive |
Florence, J./Chevillotte, H./Ollier, C./Meyer, J.-Y. (2013)
Vouchers cited: J. Florence 4449 (PAP), J. Florence & J.-C. Jolinon 8093 (PAP) Naturalisée |
State of Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands |
Hawaii (Big) Island |
introduced
invasive cultivated |
Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 1011) |
State of Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands |
Kauai Island |
introduced
invasive cultivated |
Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 1011) |
State of Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands |
Maui Island |
introduced
invasive |
Meidell, J. Scott/Oppenheimer, H. L./Bartlett, R. T. (1998) (p. 7)
West Maui. Voucher cited: Meidell & Oppenheimer 129 (BISH) Naturalized in alien dominated lowland mesic forest at an elevation of 378 m. |
State of Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands |
Maui Island |
introduced
invasive |
Starr, Forest/Martz, Kim/Loope, Lloyd L. (1999) (p. 13)
East Maui. Voucher cited: Starr & Martz 980807-22 (BISH) |
State of Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands |
Molokai Island |
introduced
invasive cultivated |
Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 1011) |
State of Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands |
Oahu Island |
introduced
invasive cultivated |
Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 1011) |
Niue
Niue |
Niue Island |
introduced
cultivated |
Sykes, W. R. (1970) (p. 162)
Voucher cited: CHR 169817 |
Niue
Niue |
Niue Island |
introduced
|
Whistler, W. A. (1988) (p. 32) |
Niue
Niue |
Niue Island |
introduced
invasive cultivated |
Space, James C./Flynn, Tim (2000) (p. 24) |
Niue
Niue |
Niue Island |
introduced
cultivated |
Yuncker, T. G. (1943) (p. 86)
Vouchers cited: Yuncker 9954 (BISH), Yuncker 10177 (BISH) |
Palau
Palau (Belau ) (main island group) |
Babeldaob Island | Wagner, W. L./ Herbst, D. R./Weitzman, A./Lorence, D.H. (2013) | |
Palau
Palau (Belau ) (main island group) |
Koror (Oreor) Island | Wagner, W. L./ Herbst, D. R./Weitzman, A./Lorence, D.H. (2013) | |
Palau
Palau (Belau ) (main island group) |
Palau Islands (main island group) | Lorence, David H./Flynn, Tim (2010) (p. 37) | |
Pitcairn Islands
Pitcairn Islands |
Pitcairn Island |
introduced
|
Meyer, Jean-Yves (2000) (p. 104)
"Potential invader". |
Pitcairn Islands
Pitcairn Islands |
Pitcairn Island |
introduced
invasive |
Florence, J./Chevillotte, H./Ollier, C./Meyer, J.-Y. (2013)
Voucher cited: J. Florence 11035 (PAP) Naturalisée |
Pitcairn Islands
Pitcairn Islands |
Pitcairn Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1991) (voucher ID: BISH 642002)
Taxon name on voucher: Passiflora laurifolia L. |
|
Samoa
Western Samoa Islands |
Aleipata Islands | Whistler, W. A. (1983) | |
Samoa
Western Samoa Islands |
Savaii Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1929) (voucher ID: BISH 429113)
Taxon name on voucher: Passiflora laurifolia L. |
|
Samoa
Western Samoa Islands |
Upolu Island |
introduced
invasive |
Space, James C./Flynn, Tim (2002) (p. 67) |
Samoa
Western Samoa Islands |
Upolu Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1955) (voucher ID: BISH 168849)
Taxon name on voucher: Passiflora laurifolia L. |
|
Samoa
Western Samoa Islands |
Upolu Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1973) (voucher ID: BISH 417629)
Taxon name on voucher: Passiflora laurifolia L. |
|
Tonga
Tongatapu Group |
Tongatapu Island |
introduced
invasive |
Space, James C./Flynn, Tim (2001) (p. 55) |
Tonga
Tongatapu Group |
Tongatapu Island |
Whistler, W. A. (1992) (p. 54)
Voucher cited: Soakai 147 |
|
Tonga
Tongatapu Group |
Tongatapu Island |
introduced
invasive |
Yuncker, T. G. (1959) (p. 192)
Voucher cited: Yuncker 15212 |
Tonga
Tongatapu Group |
Tongatapu Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1958) (voucher ID: BISH 41375)
Taxon name on voucher: Passiflora laurifolia L. |
|
Tonga
Tongatapu Group |
Tongatapu Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1953) (voucher ID: BISH 168837)
Taxon name on voucher: Passiflora laurifolia L. |
|
Tonga
Tongatapu Group |
Tongatapu Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1980) (voucher ID: BISH 436741)
Taxon name on voucher: Passiflora laurifolia L. |
|
Tonga
Tongatapu Group |
Tongatapu Island |
National Tropical Botanical Garden (U.S.A. Hawaii. Kalaheo.) (1989) (voucher ID: PTBG 3301)
Taxon name on voucher: Passiflora laurifolia |
|
Tonga
Vavau Group |
Vavau Island |
introduced
invasive |
Space, James C./Flynn, Tim (2001) (p. 68) |
Pacific Rim | |||
Country/Terr./St. & Island group |
Location |
Cited status &
Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction? |
Reference &
Comments |
China
China |
China (People's Republic of) |
introduced
cultivated |
Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2013)
Cultivated, Guangdong. |
Singapore
Singapore |
Singapore (Republic of) |
introduced
invasive |
Chong, Kwek Yan/Tan, Hugh T. W./Corlett, Richard T. (2009) (p. 67)
Naturalised |
South America (Pacific rim)
South America (Pacific rim) |
Perú (Republic of) |
native
|
U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013) |
Indian Ocean | |||
Country/Terr./St. & Island group |
Location |
Cited status &
Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction? |
Reference &
Comments |
Seychelles
Seychelles Islands |
Seychelles Islands |
introduced
|
Invasive Species Specialist Group (2017) |
Comments: A problem species in Hawaii.
Control: If you know of control methods for Passiflora laurifolia, please let us know.