Stinking Passionflower
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Stinking Passionflower
passiflora foetida
The Stinking Passionflower is a fast-growing, creeping vine native to the tropical Americas but now widely naturalized across the globe. Known for the strong, unpleasant odor released when its foliage is bruised, this remarkable plant has adapted beautifully to disturbed habitats, roadsides, and forest edges. Its delicate, elaborate flowers are a marvel of evolutionary design, showcasing a complex arrangement of white-to-pale-purple petals and thread-like corona filaments.
Lebensraum: Typically found in disturbed areas, forest edges, dry fields, coastal scrub, and roadsides in tropical and subtropical regions.
Aussehen
This climbing vine is easily identified by its alternate, three-lobed leaves covered in fine, sticky glandular hairs. The striking flowers, measuring 2 to 5 centimeters across, are cream-colored to pale pinkish-purple and are uniquely enveloped by a deeply divided, lace-like collar of sticky green bracts. As the flower matures, it produces a round, paper-wrapped berry that transitions from green to a vibrant yellow-orange or red when fully ripe.
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Kategorie
PflanzenSeltenheit
Common
Gefahr
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Interessante Fakten
Its lace-like bracts are covered in sticky glands that trap insects, making it a protocarnivorous plant, though scientists still debate if it fully digests them.
The ripe, sweet yellow-to-orange fruits are edible and eaten in many parts of the world, but the unripe green fruits are toxic due to cyanogenic glycosides.
The species name 'foetida' translates to 'stinking' in Latin, referencing the pungent aroma released when the foliage is touched.
Besondere Fähigkeiten
Fähigkeit
Protocarnivorous Trapping
It utilizes sticky, glandular hairs on its lacy bracts to trap small insects, which may deter pests or provide supplemental nutrients.
Fähigkeit
Chemical Defense
Its leaves emit a foul, musty odor and contain cyanogenic glycosides that deter herbivorous mammals and insects from feeding.
Fähigkeit
Sensory Climbing Tendrils
Highly sensitive axillary tendrils wrap around nearby structures upon touch, allowing the vine to quickly climb and secure sunlight.
Maße und Details
- Länge
- 150-500 cm
- Lebenserwartung
- 2-5 Jahre
- Brutzeit
- 14-30 Tage
Ernährung und Fütterung
As a photoautotrophic plant, it synthesizes its own food using sunlight while supplementing nutrients by trapping small insects.
Hauptnahrung
- Sunlight
- Carbon dioxide
- Water
- Soil nutrients
Nahrungssuche
- Passive Trapping
Ökologische Zusammenhänge
eaten by
Tawny Coster
Acraea terpsicore
Caterpillars feed on the foliage, utilizing the plant's toxins for their own chemical defense.
host plant
Gulf Fritillary
Agraulis vanillae
Caterpillars use this vine as a primary host plant, feeding heavily on the leaves.
mutualism
Western Honey Bee
Apis mellifera
Bees visit the flowers for nectar and pollen, acting as key pollinators.
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Auch bekannt als
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Sicherheit
Gefahr
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Häufig gestellte Fragen
Wie identifiziert man Stinking Passionflower?
Der einfachste Weg, Stinking Passionflower zu bestimmen, ist die Verwendung der Naturführer-App Snappit.
Was ist der/die/das länge von Stinking Passionflower?
150-500 cm
Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Stinking Passionflower?
2-5 Jahre
Was frisst Stinking Passionflower?
As a photoautotrophic plant, it synthesizes its own food using sunlight while supplementing nutrients by trapping small insects.
Wo findet man Stinking Passionflower normalerweise?
Typically found in disturbed areas, forest edges, dry fields, coastal scrub, and roadsides in tropical and subtropical regions.
Wie jagt Stinking Passionflower?
Passive Trapping
Was ist der/die/das brutzeit von Stinking Passionflower?
14-30 Tage
Snap-Karte
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Wo zu sehen
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