Passiflora loefgrenii

Garlic passionfruit

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Passifloraceae
Genus:	Passiflora
Subgenus:	Passiflora
Species:	P.loefgrenii
Binomial name
*Passiflora loefgrenii* Vitta

Passiflora loefgrenii, the garlic passion fruit, is a strange passion fruit, with a rounded and elongated, green-ripening fruits that have a translucent pulp with a sweet flavor that has strong overtones of garlic. Passiflora loefgrenii is a perennial, climbing vine with tri-lobed leaves a bit like some of its more common relatives such as P. mollisima. Pink-lavender coloured flowers are borne on the end of the long peduncles. Propagation of P. loefgrenii is by seeds. Passiflora loefgrenii is extremely rare, not known much in cultivation. Fruits are edible and are eaten in the plant's native range. Passiflora loefgrenii is native to the Southern Atlantic coastal regions of Brazil.^[1]

Passiflora

Section Astrophea

arborea
ascidia
balbis
chlorina
lindeniana
putumayensis
sphaerocarpa
saulensis
tica

Section Coccinea

aimae
coccinea
guyanensis
quadriglandulosa
speciosa
vitifolia

Section Decaloba

Auriculata	auriculata fanchonae ferruginea jatunsachensis

Bryonioides	adenopoda bryonioides colimensis dioscoreifolia dolichocarpa exsudans gracilis karwinskii lobata morifolia oaxacensis pendens pilosa podadenia pterocarpa quercetorum sicyoides trichopoda uncinata

Cieca	clypeophylla coriacea eglandulosa juliana lancifolia macfadyenii mcvaughiana obtusifolia pallida sexocellata suberosa tenuiloba tridactylites trinifolia viridiflora xiikzodz

Decaloba	affinis allantophylla alnifolia amalocarpa anadenia andersonii andreana anfracta apetala azeroana berteroana bicornis bicrura bicuspidata biflora bilobata boenderi bogotensis bucaramangensis calcicola candollei capsularis carnosisepala chelidonea chrysosepala citrina lutea rubra sanguinolenta tulae urnifolia vespertilio viridescens xiikzodz yucatanensis

Disemma	aurantia aurantioides cinnabarina cochinchinensis cupiformis eberhardtii henryi herbertiana hollrungii jiangfengensis jugorum kwangtungensis leschenaultii moluccana papilio perakensis siamica xishuangbannaensis

Hahniopathanthus	cissampeloides guatemalensis hahnii membranacea quetzal

Deidamioides

gracillima
pacifica
tryphostemmatoides

Distephana

glandulosa
miniata
variolata

Laurifolia

Laurifolia	ambigua acuminata laurifolia nitida

Quadrangulares	alata christianii marcocarpa quadrangularis trialata

Tiliifolia	ligularis maliformis seemannii

Passiflora

Passiflora	bahiensis cincinnata edulis filamentosa incarnata malacophylla mayarum palmatisecta pedata prolata recurva serratifolia setacea trintae

Stipulata	actinia amethystina arida bahamensis caerulea castellanosii catharinensis chocoensis crassifolia cyanea deltoifolia dispar eichleriana elegans exura foetida galbana garckei gardneri gibertii gritensis imbeana jilekii loefgrenii lonchophora madidiana mapiriensis menispermifolia mooreana mucronata mucugeana oerstedii picturata racemosa resticulata retipetala saccoi setulosa sprucei subpeltata subrotunda tenuifolia trisulca tucumanensis umbilicata urbaniana urubiciensis

Tacsonia

Boliviana	gracilens

Colombiana	adulterina ampullacea antioquiensis crispolanata cremastantha cuatrecasasii coactilis cremastantha flexipes formosa lanata leptomischa linearistipula pamplonensis quindeinsis rigidifolia rugosa tenerifensis trianae truxillensis unipetala

Elkea	anastomosans brachyantha cumbalensis jamesonii linda luzmarina roseorum sanctae-barbarae tarminiana tripartita zamorana

Fimbriatistipula	fimbriatistipula uribei

Insignes	carrascoensis insignis lanceolata mandonii pilosicorona pinnatistipula

Manicata	macropoda manicata peduncularis trisecta

Parritana	jardinensis parritae

Tasconia	amazonica matthewsii mixta schlimiana

Rathea	andina harlingii colombiana

Tasconiopsis	bracteosa purdiei

Trifoliata	trifoliata

References

↑ Torsten Ulmer and John M. MacDougal. Passiflora: passionflowers of the world. Page 298.

External links

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