Passiflora morifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Passifloraceae. It is sometimes referred to by the common names the blue sweet calabash or woodland passionflower. It grows as a twiner, with white and purple flowers and blue or purple fruit. The very fast-growing vine can grow a few dozen feet in a season. Flowers are ornate, white, blue and purple fruits follow, which ripen to blue or purple. The orange pulp is edible, but not particularly flavoursome. The hardiness of P. morifolia is to at least 32 °F (0 °C), some sources claim as low as 15 to 20 °F (−9 to −7 °C). It grows well in full sun or filtered sun.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Woodland passionflower being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Passiflora colimensis
- Passiflora bryonioides
- Passiflora adenopoda
- Passiflora tucumanensis
- Passiflora tenuifila
- Passiflora exsudans
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Malpighiales
- Family
- Passifloraceae
- Genus
- Passiflora
- Species
- Passiflora morifolia
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