Dear Garg Ji,
Both the plants in the photos are
*Taxonomic name:* *Passiflora foetida L. (Linnaeus, 1753)*
*Synonyms:* *Dysosmia ciliata* (Dryand.) M.Roem., *Dysosmia
fluminensis* M.Roem.,
*Dysosmia foetida* (L.) M.Roem., *Dysosmia gossypifolia* (Desv. ex Ham.)
M.Roem., *Dysosmia hastata* (Bertol.) M.Roem., *Dysosmia
hibiscifolia* (Lam.)
M.Roem., *Dysosmia nigelliflora* (Hook.) M.Roem., *Granadilla foetida* (L.)
Gaertn., *Passiflora baraquiniana* Lem., *Passiflora ciliata* Dryand., *
Passiflora ciliata* Dryand. var. *polyadena* Griseb., *Passiflora ciliata
* Dryand. var. *quinqueloba* Griseb., *Passiflora ciliata* Dryand. var. *
riparia* C.Wright ex Griseb., *Passiflora foetida* L. forma
*suberecta* Chodat
& Hassl., *Passiflora foetida* L. var. *lanuginosa* Killip, *
Passiflora foetida* L. forma *latifolia* Kuntze, *Passiflora
foetida* L. forma
*longifolia* Kuntze, *Passiflora foetida* L. forma *quinqueloba* (Griseb.)
Mast., *Passiflora foetida* L. var. *acapulcensis* Killip, *
Passiflora foetida* L. var. *arizonica* Killip, *Passiflora foetida* L. var.
*balansae* Chodat, *Passiflora foetida* L. var. *ciliata* (Dryand.)
Mast., *Passiflora foetida* L. var. *eliasii* Killip, *Passiflora foetida
* L. var. *fluminensis* (M.Roem.) Killip, *Passiflora foetida* L. var. *
galapagensis* Killip, *Passiflora foetida* L. var. *gardneri* Killip, *
Passiflora foetida* L. var. *glaziovii* Killip, *Passiflora foetida* L. var.
*gossypifolia* (Desv. ex Ham.) Mast., *Passiflora foetida* L. var. *
hastata* (Bertol.) Mast., *Passiflora foetida* L. var. *hibiscifolia* (Lam.)
Killip, *Passiflora foetida* L. var. *hirsuta* Mast., *Passiflora foetida
* L. var. *hirsutissima* Killip, *Passiflora foetida* L. var. *hispida* (DC.
ex Triana & Planch.) Killip, *Passiflora foetida* L. var. *isthmia*
Killip
*Common names:* bedoca (Spanish-Galapagos Islands), bombom (Chuuk), dulce
(Saipan), fetid pa, grenadier marron (French-Reunion (La Réunion)), ka thoc
rock, kinahulo' atdao (Saipan), kudamono (Palau), lani wai (Hawaii
(Ni'ihau)), loliloli ni kalavo (Fiji), love-in-a-mist (English), mossy
passionflower, pasio vao (Samoa), passiflore (French), passiflore fétide
(French), passiflore poc-poc (French-Reunion (La Réunion)), passionflower
(English), pohapoha (Hawaii), pompom (Pohnpei), pwomwpwomw (Pohnpei),
qaranidila (Fiji), running pop, scarlet fruited passionflower, sou (Fiji),
stinking passionflower (English), tea biku (Kiribati), ti grenadelle
(French-Reunion (La Réunion)), tomates (Yap), vaine 'ae kuma, vaine 'initia
(Tonga), vine vao (Niue), wild passion fruit (English), wild water lemon
**
*Organism type:* vine, climber
Passiflora foetida is a perennial herbaceous vine that originates from
tropical America, but is now a pantropic weed. It is a common weed in many
places of the Pacific and Atlantic, where it climbs over low vegetation on
roadsides and in other disturbed places. Monitoring and management of this
toxic plant is recommended in tropical areas where it is present.
*Description*
"Perennial vine, the stems hispid, with tendrils; leaves 3-parted;
segments-apices acute; leaf base cordate; both sides hispid-hirsute; blades
3,5-10cm long, 4-12cm wide; petiole 2-6cm long; flowers solitary in axils,
3-5cm wide, purple and white on pedicels 2-7cm long; fruit yellow to orange;
subglobose, thin leathery-skinned, nearly 2cm think, with many seeds; pulp
scanty, sweetly tart. The very finely laciniate bracts enclosing the fruit
probably gave rise to the curious common name" (Stone, 1970, in PIER, 2002).
The whole plant has an unpleasant smell, but the ripe fruit is edible
(Randall, 1998).
JUST SEE THE LIST OF SYNONYMS OF THIS PLANT IT'S AMAZING!!!!!
Regards
tanay
On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 9:35 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
> I found two different patterns on the flowers- one completely white & the
> other with a purple band.
> Otherwise both appeared the same. I think both are Passiflora foetida only.
> On 9/8/09 near HAU, Hyderabad, A.P.
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