Passiflora mollissima, Passiflora tarminania

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The fruit looks somewhat like a straight, small banana with rounded ends. It was given this name in New Zealand, where passionfruit are also prevalent. In Hawaii, it is called banana poka. In its Latin American homeland, it is known as curuba, curuba de Castilla, or curuba sabanera blanca Vines with cylindrical stems densely coated with yellow hairs, and are vigorous climbers, growing up to seven metres. The leaves are a shiny green with clearly defined veins, the flower is large, pink and green petalled with a yellow and white centre. The fruit is yellow-orange when ripe and contains a sweet edible orange-colored pulp with black seeds.

Similar plants:

• Passiflora 'Amethyst' (Lavender Lady)
• Passiflora 'Lady Margaret' (Passiflora 'Lady Margaret')
• Passiflora alata (Winged-Stem Passionflower, Fragrant Granadilla)
• 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, Bat leaved Passion Flower)
• Passiflora edulis (Passion Fruit, Parcha, Maracuya, Granadilla)
• Passiflora foetida (Wild Maracuja, Love-in-a-mist, Sneki Markusa, Stinking Passion Flower, Tagua Passion Flower, Granadilla colorada, Pop Vine)