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Common name

English: Fetid Passionflower, Scarletfruit Passionflower, Stinking Passionflower

German: Stinkende Passionsblume

Mandarin: 龙珠果 (long zhu guo)

Portuguese: Maracujá de cheiro

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Violales (37)

        Family: Passifloraceae (11)(family description)

          Genus: Passiflora (8)

            Epithet: foetida L. (5)

Synonym: Dysosmia foetida (Linnaeus) M. Roemer

foetida => evil smelling

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: purple, white

External links

Check for Passiflora foetida at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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