Passiflora foetida (Wild Maracuja)
Botanical name: Passiflora foetida
Common names: Wild Maracuja, Love-in-a-mist, Sneki Markusa, Stinking Passion Flower, Tagua Passion Flower, Granadilla colorada, Pop Vine
Family: Passifloraceae
Origin: Amazon River Region, Brazil
USDA Zone: 9-10
Plant form: Climbing or creeping vine
Sun exposure: Full sun or bright light indoor; semi-shade
Cold tolerance: Frost sensitive. Protect from freezing.
Watering: Regular
Flower color: White and off-white
Suitable for: Outdoors in the suitable USDA zone; small gardens, containers, and indoor growing
Ethnomedical: Ethnomedical plant, traditionally used in folk or indigenous medicinePassiflora foetida is a climbing and flowering perennial vine that has pink flowers and small edible fruits. These orange fruits, although much smaller, taste the same as those from passiflora edulis. The seeds are very small and black, embedded in juicy pulp; the stems and leaves are covered with yellow hair. The leaves, which are three-lobed, have an unpleasant odor when crushed. There are some medicinal applications of Passiflora foetida.
In Suriname's traditional medicine, a tea of the leaves is used as an expectorant and for nervous disorders.
Similar plants: Passiflora foetida (Wild Maracuja)
- Passiflora alata (Winged-Stem Passionflower)
- Passiflora caerulea (Common Passion Flower)
- Passiflora citrina (Yellow Passion Flower)
- Passiflora coccinea (Red Passion Flower)
- Passiflora colinvauxii (Colinvaux's Passion Flower)
- Passiflora coriacea (Wild Sweet Calabash)
- Passiflora edulis (Passion Fruit)
- Passiflora incarnata x cincinnata ''Incense'' (Passiflora 'Incense')
- Passiflora lanuginosa (Woolly Passion Flower)
- Passiflora laurifolia (Water lemon)
