Passiflora suberosa L.

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution

Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 350 - 2000 m.; Andes, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Valle del Cauca, Valle del Magdalena.

Morphology General Habit

Trepadora

Conservation

Preocupación Menor

Passifloraceae, W. J. J. O. de Wildem (Rijksherbarium, Leiden). Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1975

Morphology General Habit

Climber or creeper to 6 m., perennial, glabrous, glabrescent or pubescent to various degrees; stem ± angular, corky when older.

Morphology Leaves

Leaf-blades entire or usually 3-lobed up to four-fifths, subcircular to ovate or oblong in outline, base rounded or cordate, 4–10 by 4–14 cm., 3–5-nerved from base, membranous or subcoriaceous; lobes triangular to lanceolate, top acute to acuminate; margin entire; petiole 0.5–4 cm., with 2 small obconical or wart-like glands at about the middle; blade-glands usually absent.

Morphology Leaves Stipules

Stipules linear, 5–8 mm.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Inflorescences sessile, 1–2-flowered, with a central tendril, simple, 3–12 cm.; pedicels 1–2 cm., jointed about half-way; bracts setaceous, caducous, ± 1 mm.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers

Flowers 1–2 cm. in diameter, pale greenish yellow.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Hypanthium

Hypanthium saucer-shaped, 3–5 mm. wide; sepals ovate to lanceolate, subobtuse, 5–10 mm.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Petals absent.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corona

Corona threads in 2 series, 2–6 mm.; operculum (inner corona) plicate, minutely fimbriate; disk annular.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androgynophore

Androgynophore 2–4 mm..

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens

Filaments ± subulate, 2–3 mm.; anthers 1–2 mm.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil

Ovary subglobose-ellipsoid, 1–2 mm., glabrous; styles 2–3 mm.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Fruit a berry, subglobose, 0.8–1.5 cm. in diameter, glabrous, purple-blackish.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds

Seeds several–many, subovoid, 3–4 mm. long.

Habitat

Escaped from gardens, roadsides, disturbed shady places; 0–2500 m.

Distribution

introduced throughout the tropics K4 T3 U4

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Vernacular

WILD PUMPKIN

Morphology General Habit

A small, chiefly herbaceous vine, creeping or climbing, glabrous nearly throughout or sometimes pubescent (at least on the petioles); leaves usually membranous, extremely variable in outline even on the same plant, frequently deeply 3-lobed, but also often entire and narrowly to broadly elliptic, 2–13 cm long, the apex acutish and bristle-tipped, and with 2 short-stalked glands near apex of the petiole

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers

Flowers 1.5–3 cm across, 1 or 2 in the leaf-axils on filamentous peduncles longer than the petioles; involucre lacking

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Sepals greenish or cream, 5–8 mm long; petals absent; corona half as long as the sepals, 2-seriate, the outer ring with filaments recurved, yellow at apex, white in the middle, and purple or violet toward base

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Berry globose, usually black, 6–15 mm in diameter; seeds 3–4 mm long, abruptly acuminate, coarsely reticulate.

Distribution

Cayman Islands. Widespread and common in the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere.

Ecology

Often in thickets, rocky woodlands, and pastures.

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation

Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident