Perfumed Passion Flower is a vine, native to Central and South America.
The vine has cylindric stems covered in red-brown hairs when young. The
leaves are three-lobed, up to 15 cm long and 18 cm broad. The common name
and the species name vitifolia is derived from the shape of leaves
resembling that of grape leaves. The flowers are stunning, bright red, up
to 9 cm diameter. The flowers are fragrant too. This is only one of the
many existing red passion-flowers. The fruit is green-yellow, 5 cm long
and 3 cm broad, containing numerous seeds, with edible pulp.
Identification credit: Tabish
Photographed in Arunachal Pradesh & Bangalore.
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