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Passiflora maliformis

Pārapōtini ‘Enua

Hard Passionfruit

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Hard Passionfruit, Sweet Calabash, Sweetcup, Conch Apple; German Passionsblume; French Pomme calabas

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Pārapōtini ‘Enua (RR AT AK), Ka‘atene Māori / Kātinga Māori (MG), Pārapōtini Māori / Pārapōtini ‘Enua (MK), Pārapōtini Māori (MT)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE tropical America

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Naturalised; Land, lowlands - mountains (+++)

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Food (Fruit 3+), Medicine; Invasive - serious

KEY FEATURES: Slender, high-climbing vine to 20m. LEAVES alternate, oval, to 25x12cm, glossy green, base blunt, tip sharp; stalk with 2 glands; axillary tendril long and undivided. FLOWER 8cmØ; bracts large, wide-triangular, pale green; sepals, petals, stamens and style - see photo. FRUIT round, 4cmØ, hard, ripens purplish; pulp sweet.

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea: Present
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
++++	++++	+++	++	++?		-	-	-

Northern Group: -
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
-	-	-	-	-	-

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Passiflora maliformis Linnaeus
TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); DILLENIIDAE; Violales; PASSIFLORACEAE

More Information

SIGNIFICANCE NOTES -
POSITIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Food (Fruit 3+), Medicine
NEGATIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Invasive - serious. Comments: An invasive vine in inland forests of Rarotonga.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
p.598 Neal - In Gardens of Hawaii
p.826 Hortus 3rd
p.847 Royal Hort. Soc. Index of Garden Plants
p.815 Tropica
p.2/669 A.C.Smith - Flora Vitiensis Nova
p.77 * Wilder - Flora of Rarotonga
p.388a Whistler - Ethnobotany of the Cook Islands
p.85 McCormack/Kunzle - Rarotonga's Mountain Tracks and Plants

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM03a, zD02, zupD05a

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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