Passifloraceae

Passiflora suberosa

Common Names: Wild passionfruit

Plant Form: Vine. Size: Up to 6 m long. Stem: Green when young, corky when old, climbing with corkscrew-like tendrils. Leaves: Usually deeply and acutely three-lobed, rarely unlobed, up to 10 cm long, with stalk up to 2.5 cm long that carries two glands. Flowers: Pale greenish typical passionflower with purplish inner fringe, up to 25 mm across. Fruit and Seeds: Spherical, purple-blackish berry about 15 mm across. Habitat: Old gardens, riparian areas, woodlands, rainforest, gullies. Distinguishing Features: Smaller flowers and fruit than other Passionflowers (Passiflora species).

Leaves usually 3-pointed

Flowers are small and fairly plain

Fruit are small and black when ripe

Grows on ground or over low trees