White passionflower
Passiflora subpeltata
family
Passifloraceae
origin
Exotic
declaration
NIL
For information only
Common names
White passionflower, Passion flower, Passion fruit, White passionfruit, Wild grenadilla.
A vine with slender climbing or creeping stems that are mostly hairless. Tendrils are produced at the bases of the alternately arranged leaves. Where the leaf stalk joins to the stems there is a two-lobed leafy structure 1-4 cm long. Its leaves are pale green with three rounded lobed and whitish or bluish-green undersides. Its large white flowers (4-5.5 cm across) are borne singly in the leaf forks. Its leathery egg-shaped fruit (about 4 cm long) are pale green, bluish-green or yellowish when mature.
Impact
Impact
White passionflower (Passiflora subpeltata) is regarded as an environmental weed in Queensland and New South Wales, and was recently listed as a priority environmental weed in at least one Natural Resource Management region.White passion-flower (Passiflora subpeltata) contains cyanic acid and is thought to be poisonous to humans and livestock if eaten in sufficient quantities. Unlike many other passionfruit species, its fruit are not edible.
Location
Location
Characteristics
Characteristics
Similar Species
Similar Species
White passionflower (Passiflora subpeltata) is regarded as an environmental weed in Queensland and New South Wales, and was recently listed as a priority environmental weed in at least one Natural Resource Management region.White passion-flower (Passiflora subpeltata) contains cyanic acid and is thought to be poisonous to humans and livestock if eaten in sufficient quantities. Unlike many other passionfruit species, its fruit are not edible.
