Taxon: Passiflora caerulea L.

Common names:

• blaue Passionsblume   (Source: Zander ed17 )
  
• blue passionflower   (Source: Hortus 3 )
  
• blue-crown passionflower   (Source: Cornucopia )
  
• maracujá-azul   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  
• maracujá-de-cobra   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  
• siergrenadella   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 )
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard)
  
• Human food: beverage base; fruit   (fide Cornucopia)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Weed   (fide Weeds SAfr 2001)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

Native:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Brazil: Brazil
  Southern South America: Argentina; Paraguay; Uruguay

Other:

• also cultivated

References:

• Dubs, B. 1998. Prodromus florae matogrossensis. Botany of Mato Grosso, series B, no. 3. (L Mato Grosso)
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. (Zander ed17)
• Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. (Cornucopia)
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12. (Weeds SAfr 2001)
• IPGRI. New World Fruits Database - on-line resource. (New World Fruits)
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
• Reitz, R., ed. 1965–. Flora ilustrada catarinense. (F SCatarin)
• Ulmer, T. & J. M. MacDougal. 2004. Passiflora: passionflowers of the world. (Passiflora World) 282–283.
• Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74., 1999 (L Argent)

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Passiflora caerulea.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Passiflora caerulea. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for Passiflora caerulea L.:

• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• New World Fruits Database: Online database from Bioversity International
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority for Passiflora caerulea cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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