Code
PAQSP
climber
Biological cycle
Perennial
Habitat
terrestrial
synonym | Passiflora adenophylla Mast. |
synonym | Passiflora alba Link & Otto |
synonym | Passiflora atomaria Planch. ex Mast. |
synonym | Passiflora holosericea Ruiz & Pav. ex Mast. |
synonym | Passiflora lutea Ruiz & Pav. ex Mast. |
synonym | Passiflora stipulata Triana & Planch. |
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Global description
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Madagascar : Passiflora subpeltata flowers from October to May in the southern hemisphere.
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Comparison of Passiflora based on stipules | |
Kidney shapedstipules, 5to 10 mm long deeply laciniate | P. foetida |
Linear stipules, 5 to 8 mm long. | P. suberosa |
stipules larges and embrassing | P. subpeltata |
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Passiflora subpeltata grows in forest, forest edges, roadsides, in disturbed environments along streams, in peri-urban vegetation and as a weed of crops, including sugar cane in the tropics and subtropical. It grows up to 1500 m altitude.
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Toxicity
Passiflora subpeltata is toxic for humans and livestock if consumed in large quantities.
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Origin
Passiflora subpeltata is native to Central America (Mexico, Guatemala, Panama) and South America (Venezuela, Colombia). In Venezuela, it is found in semi-deciduous forest between 1200 and 1500 m altitude.Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Local harmfulness
Madagascar: Passiflora subpeltata is a naturalized species in the provinces of Antananarivo and Toamasina and becoming invasive in edge of cultivated fields and hedgerows between 1000 and 1500 m altitude.
Mauritius: Absent
Reunion: Absent
South Africa: Passiflora subpeltata scrambles and competes with native species.
Zimbabwe: Species naturalized in the Harare region where it was introduced as an ornamental plant. It begins to infest agricultural areas around Harare between 1300 and 1600 m altitude.
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Global control
Mechanical control: Uprooting the trees with the root when the soil is moist.Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Herbarium pictures ReCOLNAT: https://explore.recolnat.org/search/botanique/simplequery=Passiflora%2520subpeltata
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Malpighiales |
Family | Passifloraceae |
Genus | Passiflora |
Species | Passiflora subpeltata Ortega |