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Twoflower Passionflower

Passiflora biflora Lam.

Passiflora biflora

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Passiflora biflora, the twoflowered passionflower, is a vine with paired peduncles and flowers up to 3.5 cm (1.4 in) wide. It is native to the New World from Mexico to Colombia and Venezuela.[1] In Florida, P. biflora has been classified by the Exotic Pest Plant Council as a non-native species that has the "potential to disrupt native plant communities."[2][3]

Uses

Van den Bergh 1994 and Ochse & van den Brink 1980 report the flowers are eaten in Indonesia and Malaysia.[4]: 34 

References

  1. ^ Krings, A., and R.R. Braham. 2005. Guide to Tendrillate Climbers of Costa Rican Mountains. Ames, Iowa: Blackwell Publishing. pp. 94-96.
  2. ^ Wunderlin, R.P., and B.F. Hansen. 2008. Passiflora biflora. Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants, Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa. Accessed online: 31 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Passiflora biflora Lam".
  4. ^ Lim, Tong (2014). Edible Medicinal and Non Medicinal Plants. Vol. 8. Dordrecht: Springer Science and Business Media LLC. pp. xiii+1024. ISBN 978-94-017-8747-5. LCCN 2014936737. OCLC 878641531. ISBN 978-94-017-8748-2.
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Passiflora biflora: Brief Summary

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Passiflora biflora, the twoflowered passionflower, is a vine with paired peduncles and flowers up to 3.5 cm (1.4 in) wide. It is native to the New World from Mexico to Colombia and Venezuela. In Florida, P. biflora has been classified by the Exotic Pest Plant Council as a non-native species that has the "potential to disrupt native plant communities."

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