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Passiflora quadrangularis
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Family:
PASSIFLORACEAE
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Citation: Passiflora quadrangularis L., Syst. Nat. (ed.10) 1248. 1759; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 118. 1982.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Akasavellari
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Giant granadilla
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Description:
Climbing shrubs; stem stout, 4-angular, the angles distinctly winged. Leaves alternate, 8-20 x 8-16 cm, broadly ovate, abruptly acuminate, rounded, subtruncate, shallow cordate, margin entire; petiole 2-5 cm long, stout, 6 angular, glands jugate; stipules ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 2-4 x 1-2 cm, acute, narrowed at base, membranous. Peduncles 1.5-3.5 cm long, tri-angled; bracts cordate-ovate 3-5.5 x 1.5-4 cm, membranous. Flowers ± 10 cm in diameter. Calyx tube campanulate, lobess ovate 3-4 x 1.5-2.5 cm, concave, colour variable. Petals oblong-ovate or oblong-lanceolate, 3-4.5 x 1-2 cm, obtuse, white with deeply pink or purple tinged. Coronal processes 5-seriate, 2 outer series subequal filamentous, 3rd series tubercular, and 4th filamentous, innermost series membranous. Operculum membranous 4-6 mm long, inclined inward; limen annular, fleshy; gynophore with 2 annular processes below. Ovary ovoid. Fruit oblong, 20-35 x 12-15 cm; seeds obcordate 7-10 mm. long, 5-9 mm broad, centrally reticulate, margin striate.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-April
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District(s):
Kozhikkode, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as vegetables
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Distribution:
Native of Tropical America
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Purple
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
Yes
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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