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Passionfruits

Walter John

By Walter John
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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Walter John Grand Master

Walter John

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I saw some interesting tropical fruits plants the other day including Banana Passionfruit. Has anyone tried this ?

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Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

malcthomas Community Regular

malcthomas

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Wal..

They are considered a noxtious plant in NZ. Very invasive and smother native bush. If they are that rampant here they are going to be a lot worse in Queensland..

Cheers...

malcthomas Community Regular

malcthomas

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Northern banana passionfruit

Passiflora tarminiana

Northern banana passionfruit

Northern banana passionfruit

Legal Status: Unwanted Organism - BNZ

Status in New Zealand: Established

Organism: Land plants

Pest and disease search

Synonyms

Passiflora mixta (name incorrectly used)

Description

Northern banana passionfruit is a high-climbing vine which produces pink tubular flowers throughout the year. These develop into oval fruit that turn yellow or orange-yellow when ripe. It is very similar to banana passionfruit. A useful way to tell them apart is by the flowers: the length of the floral tube is shorter in northern banana passionfruit (6-8 cm) than in banana passionfruit (8-9.5 cm), while the flower lobes are longer in northern banana passionfruit (4-6.5 cm compared to 2-3.8 cm in banana passionfruit). Both species are pest plants.

Impact

Northern banana passionfruit is an aggressively invasive vine native to the Andes that invades disturbed areas. Its effects include the smothering of trees, a reduction in biodiversity and the encouragement of invasive species such as feral pigs, which feed on the fruit. This species is a major weed in Hawaii.

Walter John Grand Master

Walter John

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Thanks Malcolm, out of my thinking already with that report.

Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

EmmettB Apprentice

EmmettB

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Passiflora Mollissima (Banana Passion Fruit)

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Alan_Tampa Mentor

Alan_Tampa

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Wal, don't think that one would be a problem in your area. Likes a cooler climate. Try P. quadrandgularis. Much more awesomer.

Alan

Tampa, Florida

Zone - 10a

EmmettB Apprentice

EmmettB

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Here are a few more I'm growing.

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Matt in SD Veteran

Matt in SD

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Emmett, that's cool. Are those all growing in San Diego? I was thinking about ordering some P mollisima seeds, but didn't know if it would fruit here. How's the fruit? Any chance I could get a cutting off your plant?

Matt

San Diego

0.6 Acres of a south facing, gently sloped dirt pile, soon to be impenetrable jungle

East of Mount Soledad, in the biggest cold sink in San Diego County.

Zone 10a (I hope), Sunset 24

EmmettB Apprentice

EmmettB

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Emmett, that's cool. Are those all growing in San Diego? I was thinking about ordering some P mollisima seeds, but didn't know if it would fruit here. How's the fruit? Any chance I could get a cutting off your plant?

Matt

Matt you know me as Tony

EmmettB Apprentice

EmmettB

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Yes you can get a cutting ,I have plants

EmmettB Apprentice

EmmettB

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All these are growing in San Diegopost-5758-087782000 1308597299_thumb.jpg

Matt in SD Veteran

Matt in SD

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Ahhh...Tony Sunfish? I remember you saying you had a lot of passionfruits. Welcome to the non-palm section of the Palm board.

Matt

San Diego

0.6 Acres of a south facing, gently sloped dirt pile, soon to be impenetrable jungle

East of Mount Soledad, in the biggest cold sink in San Diego County.

Zone 10a (I hope), Sunset 24

EmmettB Apprentice

EmmettB

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Ahhh...Tony Sunfish? I remember you saying you had a lot of passionfruits. Welcome to the non-palm section of the Palm board.

Matt

Thanks. I've got a few Palms but nothing like most members here have. Passiflora and Bananas I have.post-5758-057902900 1308600769_thumb.jpg

dalmatiansoap Grand Master

dalmatiansoap

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Nice to see U here Tony! Why dont U post banana pics to?

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EmmettB Apprentice

EmmettB

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Nice to see U here Tony! Why dont U post banana pics to?

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Hey Ante thanks.

Matt in SD Veteran

Matt in SD

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Are the P mollissima worth eating?

Matt

San Diego

0.6 Acres of a south facing, gently sloped dirt pile, soon to be impenetrable jungle

East of Mount Soledad, in the biggest cold sink in San Diego County.

Zone 10a (I hope), Sunset 24

EmmettB Apprentice

EmmettB

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Are the P mollissima worth eating?

Matt

Haven't tried one yet. If you want them for eating you can't beat Fredericks.

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EmmettB Apprentice

EmmettB

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This is the first this plant has flowered.I believe it's Passiflora Decaisneana. I cross pollinated with Passiflora caerulea

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aussiearoids Grand Master

aussiearoids

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I remember a banana passionfruit vine on the back fence of my childhood home in Geelong , Victoria . Tons of fruit we ate with a sprinkle of icing-sugar , as it was a little sour and bland.

Wal , have heard its not great in Qld .

Golden Hawaiian , Pananma red , and many others have much more flavour .

Michael in palm paradise,

Tully, wet tropics in Australia, over 4 meters of rain every year.

Home of the Golden Gumboot, its over 8m high , our record annual rainfall.

Walter John Grand Master

Walter John

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I remember a banana passionfruit vine on the back fence of my childhood home in Geelong , Victoria . Tons of fruit we ate with a sprinkle of icing-sugar , as it was a little sour and bland.

Wal , have heard its not great in Qld .

Golden Hawaiian , Pananma red , and many others have much more flavour .

Thanks Michael, I was leaning to the Hawaiian golden job. Might plant in Spring, I have a fence in mind.

Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

EmmettB Apprentice

EmmettB

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Passiflora Caerulea.Don't plant this one it's very aggressive.

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Jonathan Veteran

Jonathan

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Wal..

They are considered a noxtious plant in NZ. Very invasive and smother native bush. If they are that rampant here they are going to be a lot worse in Queensland..

Cheers...

Same here Malcolm...gully choking nightmare around Hobart - frost proof, drought proof, possum proof.

Makes me think I should plant some!

We've been harvesting bucketloads of fruit off our grafted 'Nellie Kelly' Black Passionfruit (P.edulis on caerulea rootstock) - fantastic fruit and a good grower in our colder climate.

Cheers,

Jonathan

South Arm, Tasmania, Australia - 42° South

Mild oceanic climate, with coastal exposure.

 

Summer: 12°C (53°F) average min, to 21°C (70°F) average daily max. Up to 40°C (104°F max) rarely.

 

Winter: 6°C (43°F) average min, to 13°C (55°F) average daily max. Down to 0°C (32°F) occasionally, some light frost.

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amazondk Grand Master

amazondk

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Ahhh...Tony Sunfish? I remember you saying you had a lot of passionfruits. Welcome to the non-palm section of the Palm board.

Matt

Thanks. I

've got a few Palms but nothing like most members here have. Passiflora and Bananas I have.post-5758-057902900 1308600769_thumb.jpg

Thanks for all the passion fruit pictures. The red flowered one in this pictures is we call maracuja do mato, or wild passion fruit here in Amazonia. It is native to the region and grows in the forest all over the place. It is commonly found in areas of seconddary forest as there is more light.

dk

Don Kittelson

 

LIFE ON THE RIO NEGRO

03° 06' 07'' South 60° 01' 30'' West

Altitude 92 Meters / 308 feet above sea level

1,500 kms / 932 miles to the mouth of the Amazon River

 

Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil - A Cidade da Floresta

Where the world´s largest Tropical Rainforest embraces the Greatest Rivers in the World. .

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Click here to visit Amazonas

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Al in Kona Grand Master

Al in Kona

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Passion fruit (more commonly called 'Lilikoi' in Hawaii) is a popular flavor used especially in drinks but also in desserts, jellies, etc. Presently I'm only growing a red flowered cultivar (see pic below). Don, is this the same as the one you mentioned growing wild in Amazonia? Anyone know the species name for it?

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Hawaii Island (Big Island), leeward coast, 19 degrees N. latitude, south Kona mauka at approx. 380m (1,250 ft.) and about 1.6 km (1-mile) upslope from ocean.

 

No record of a hurricane passing over this island (yet!).  

Summer maximum rainfall - variable averaging 900-1150mm (35-45") - Perfect drainage on black volcanic rocky soil.  

Nice sunsets!

amazondk Grand Master

amazondk

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Al,

The name that I came up with is Passiflora nitida.

dk

Don Kittelson

 

LIFE ON THE RIO NEGRO

03° 06' 07'' South 60° 01' 30'' West

Altitude 92 Meters / 308 feet above sea level

1,500 kms / 932 miles to the mouth of the Amazon River

 

Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil - A Cidade da Floresta

Where the world´s largest Tropical Rainforest embraces the Greatest Rivers in the World. .

82331.gif

 

Click here to visit Amazonas

amazonas2.jpg

EmmettB Apprentice

EmmettB

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Ahhh...Tony Sunfish? I remember you saying you had a lot of passionfruits. Welcome to the non-palm section of the Palm board.

Matt

Thanks. I

've got a few Palms but nothing like most members here have. Passiflora and Bananas I have.post-5758-057902900 1308600769_thumb.jpg

Thanks for all the passion fruit pictures. The red flowered one in this pictures is we call maracuja do mato, or wild passion fruit here in Amazonia. It is native to the region and grows in the forest all over the place. It is commonly found in areas of seconddary forest as there is more light.

dk

The Red one I have is P.Vitifolia. Thanks for the comments

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