Passiflora multiflora L.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Passifloraceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - A somewhat woody, slender vine, climbing to a length of 6 m. or more, the stems and leaves finely pubescent or sometimes glabrous. Leaves oblong or ovate-oblong, 5-12 cm. long, entire, pinnately veined and tripli nerved, reticulate-veined beneath, obtuse or acute and mucronulate at the apex, obtuse, rounded or subcordate at the base, the short petiole 2-glandular at the top; peduncles 2-6 together in the axils, slender, jointed near the middle, 5-15 mm. long; involucre none; sepals oblong-lanceolate, greenish-yellow, about 6 mm. long; petals linear, white, shorter than the sepals; carpophore none; berry globose, 6-10 mm. in diameter.
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Distribution
Coppices and scrub-lands, Andros ; New Providence ; Eleuthera : Florida ; Cuba to Tortolo. Oblong-leaved Passion-flower.
South Andros Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| Cuba South America| Tortola Virgin Islands South America|