Family Passifloraceae

Passion Fruit Family

HAWAII - NATURALIZED

Passiflora foetida

Makapu'u, Oahu

LOVE-IN-A-MIST    POHA-POHA

Common weedy vine in dry rocky or sandy areas.  Quite variable in morpholorgy.  Fruit not edible, bracts covered with sticky glands.  Native to the Americas.  

Passiflora suberosa

UH Manoa, Oahu

HUEHUE HAOLE

Common weedy vine in a variety of habitats.  Leaves thick & glossy.  Inedible fruit purple when ripe.  Native to the Americas.

Passiflora subpeltata

Kanaio, Maui

WHITE PASSION FLOWER

Climbing vine in dry to mesic disturbed areas of Kaua'i, O'ahu & Maui.  Leaves thin.  Greenish-yellow waxy fruit is edible.  Native to the Tropical Americas.

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