Passiflora tetrandra Banks & Sol. ex DC. is a plant in the Passifloraceae family, order Malpighiales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Passiflora tetrandra Banks & Sol. ex DC. (Passiflora tetrandra Banks & Sol. ex DC.)
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Passiflora tetrandra Banks & Sol. ex DC.

Passiflora tetrandra Banks & Sol. ex DC.

Passiflora tetrandra is the only passionflower species native to New Zealand, where it grows as a climbing vine.

Genus
Passiflora
Order
Malpighiales
Class
Magnoliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Passiflora tetrandra Banks & Sol. ex DC.

Passiflora tetrandra Banks & Sol. ex DC. is called kōhia in Māori, and is also known by the common names New Zealand passionflower, New Zealand passionfruit, and kohe. It is a climbing vine native to New Zealand, and it is the only passionflower species native to the country out of the approximately 500 currently recognized species in the passionflower genus.

Photo: (c) Leon Perrie, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Leon Perrie · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Malpighiales Passifloraceae Passiflora

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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