Passiflora pulchella Kunth, Passifloraceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  yes

Threat only 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 Hawai‘i, "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
French Polynesia Tuamotu Archipelago	Makatea (Ma‘atea) Island		Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1988) (voucher ID: BISH 558732) Taxon name on voucher: Passiflora pulchella Kunth
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	Hawai‘i (Big) Island	introduced invasive cultivated	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 1012)
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	O‘ahu Island	introduced invasive cultivated	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 1012)

Additional information:  Additional online information about Passiflora pulchella is available from the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR).

Taxonomic information about Passiflora pulchella may be available from the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

References:

Bishop Museum (Honolulu). 1988. Voucher specimen #BISH 558732 (Florence, J. 9132).

U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. 2007. National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Online searchable database.

Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. 1999. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawaii. Revised edition. Bernice P. Bishop Museum special publication. University of Hawai‘i Press/Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu. 1919 pp. (two volumes).