Passifloraceae FAMILY Least Concern

Passiflora menispermifolia

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Passiflora menispermifolia is a perennial climbing plant, attaching itself to the surrounding vegetation by means of tendrils. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2001)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela; C. America - Panama to Nicaragua

HabitatClimbing into trees and shrubs on the edges of rain forest, often forming dense mats when growing in more open, secondary formations; at elevations up to 2,000 metres[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. , 1678 Title Passifloraceae do Brasil. Estudo do gênero Passiflora L., subgênero Passiflora Publication Fontqueria 45 (1997) Author Cervi A.C. Publisher Year 1997 ISBN 0212-0623 Description ].