Native Passionfruit

This twiner has slender stems up to 5 m long. It attaches itself to other plants by tendrils produced in the axils of the leaves. The threelobed, dull green toothless leaves are alternate, 6‒12 cm by 4‒8 cm, and have a distinct vein from the base of the leaf to the tip of each lobe. Many parts are covered with fine hairs and the leaf stalk, about 4 cm long, has a pair of glands near the base of the leaf blade.

The flowers are solitary, 4‒6 cm diameter, with five sepals longer than the five petals, which are greenish, turning orange-yellow. The egg-shaped green fruit, 4‒5 cm long, is not edible.

This species does not have toothed leaves as do Black Passionfruit P. edulis and Banana Passionfruit P. tarminiana.

DISTRIBUTION:
Narooma area, NSW to northern QLD