Passiflora viridescens

(Passiflora viridescens)

Description

Passiflora viridescens is a plant species native to Perú and Ecuador. Passiflora viridescens is a woody liana climbing over other vegetation to a height of over 8 m. Leaves are broadly lanceolate to ovate, up to 14 cm long, forming three points at the tip in a W-shaped pattern. Flowers are up to 10 cm in diameter, light green with purple styles. Fruits are elliptical to egg-shaped, up to 6 cm long, green with minute hairs.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Malpighiales
Family:Passifloraceae
Genus:Passiflora
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