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Passifloraceae (granadilla family) Life
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There are 18 genera and about 500 species worldwide, of
which four genera and 21 species are native, and one genus (Passiflora)
and seven species are naturalised, in southern Africa.
Genera native or naturalised (*) in southern Africa
Adenia
There are 93 species (tropical regions worldwide), of
which 13 are native to southern Africa.
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Basananthe
There are 25 species, all African, of which five are
native to southern Africa. |
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Paropsia
There are 11 species (Madagascar, Africa through to
Malaysia), of which two are native to southern Africa. |
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* Passiflora
About 370 species (mainly in American but about 20
species in SE China and Australasia). About 13 species have been introduced
to southern Africa as ornamental plants for gardens (Glen 2002). The
Purple granadilla or Passion fruit
Passiflora edulis is cultivated for its fruit.
Passiflora caerulea (Blue
passion flower, Siergrenadella), Passiflora mollissima (Banana
poka, Bananadilla, Piesangdilla), Passiflora suberosa (Devil’s
pumpkin, Indigo berry) and Passiflora subpeltata
(Granadina) and declared Category
1 invasive plants in South Africa.
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Schlechterina
One species: Schlechterina mitostemmatoides,
indigenous from tropical East Africa through to NE KwaZulu-Natal.
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There are no exotic genera other than Passiflora
that are recorded as being cultivated in southern Africa (Glen 2002).
Publications
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Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated plants of
southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.
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Archer, R.H. 2000. Passifloraceae. In: Seed Plants of
Southern Africa (ed. O.A. Leistner). Strelitzia 10: 434-436.
National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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