Passifloraceae
Picture 1. Passiflora coccicena
Genus : Passiflora
Species : Passiflora coccicena
Local name : Markisa
Habitat: Full sun and partial shade
Characteristics: Climber, 10-12 m long; leaves, dark green, simple, stipulate present, spirally-arranged, with gland on petiole; inflorescences, axillary tendril; flowers, bright red; corolla, 5, calyx 5, epicalyx 3 with glands in margin, corona present; fruit, berry, globose, 4-5 cm in diameter, green and white stripes when young, orange to yellow when ripe
Spot character: The flowers with white and red corona
Benefit: Edible fruit, medicinal and ornamental plant
Propagation: Cutting and seed
Location in UPI: Zone 2 of UPI Botanic Garden
Picture 2. Passiflora edulis
Genus : Passiflora
Species : Passiflora edulis
Local name : Markisa Ungu / Konyal
P. edulis is an herbaceous vine, attaining 0.5-2 m in length and climbing by means of axillary tendrils. Stems slender, angular, striate, glabrous or puberulent. Leaves alternate, in the form of a horseshoe or a ‘v’, with three main veins, coriaceous, with two divergent lobes, forming an angle of 45-93° between them, the lobes oblanceolate, oblong, or linear, 2.2-6.5 × 0.4-1.4 cm, with rounded or acuminate apices, the base cuneate or rounded, the margin undulate, revolute; upper surface puberulent; lower surface glabrous, with prominent venation; petioles 3-5 mm long, canaliculate, without glands; stipules filiform, approximately 4 mm long; tendrils simple, filamentous. Flowers axillary, in pairs; the bracts subulate, not forming an involucre; peduncle ca. 10 mm long, articulated near the apex. Sepals oblong, green, 4-6 mm long; petals pale green, oblong, as long as the sepals; corona of two series of filiform filaments, pale green, as long as the sepals; gynophore approximately 2 mm long, tubular; stamens 5; ovary claviform, the styles recurved, the stigmas capitate. Fruit a fleshy berry, ovoid or globose, 1-1.4 cm long, almost black, dull. Seeds numerous, elliptical, approximately 2.3 mm long, with transverse striae
Spot character: The flowers with purple corona
Benefit: Edible fruit
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