Passiflora berteroana Balb. ex DC.
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Authority
Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro. 2005. Vines and climbing plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 51: 1-483.
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Family
Passifloraceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Description - Herbaceous vine, attaining 1.5-4 m in length and climbs by means of axillary tendrils. Stems slender, angular, striate, glabrous. Leaves alternate or grouped on short axillary branches, trifoliolate, the leaflets usually deeply trilobate, 1.2-3.0 x 2.0-4.0 cm., the lobes spathulate, the apices truncate and mucronate, the base cuneate the margin undulate, revolute; upper surface glabrous; lower surface glabrous, with prominent venation; petioles 2-3(6) mm long, canaliculate, without glands; stipules subulate, 2.5-4 mm long; tendrils simple, filamentous. Flowers axillary, solitary or in pairs; the bracts subulate, alternate, not forming an involucre; peduncle 8-1 1 mm long, articulated near the apex. Sepals subulate, green or whitish, 6-7 mm long; petals pale green or whitish, subulate, ca. 3 mm long; corona of two series of filiform filaments, the outer ones longer, yellowish, the inner ones much shorter than the outer ones, green; gynophore ca. 3 mm long, tubular; stamens 5; ovary ellipsoid, the styles recurved, the stigmas capitate. Fruit a fleshy berry, globose (fide Liogier, 1994), ca. 7 mm in diameter.
Phenology - Collected in flower in September and December.
Conservation Status - Native, extremely rare.