Passifloraceae
Passiflora

Passiflora vitifolia Kunth

First published in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 138 (1817)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & S. Tropical America. It is a climber and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, has environmental uses, as a medicine and for food.

Descriptions

The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

Ecology
Alt. 0 - 1000 m.
Conservation
Least concern.
Morphology General Habit
Liana.
Distribution
Native from Colombia.
[UPB]

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular
chalupo, chulupa de mico, cocorilla de monte, granadilla, granadilla de monte, granadilla silvestre, granadillo, granadillo silvestre, gulupa, gulupo, maracuyá de monte, vinagrera
[UNAL]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 0 - 1000 m.; Amazonia, Andes, Pacífico, Valle del Cauca, Valle del Magdalena.
Morphology General Habit
Liana
Conservation
Preocupación Menor
[CPLC]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Amazonia, Andean, Pacific. Elevation range: 0–1000 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Amazonas, Antioquia, Boyacá, Caldas, Caquetá, Cauca, Chocó, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Guaviare, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Santander, Tolima, Valle del Cauca, Vaupés.
Habit
Liana.
Conservation
National Red List of Colombia (2021): LC.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, native grassland, wetlands (inland), artificial - terrestrial.
Vernacular
Chulupo, Flor de la pasión roja, Granadilla, Granadilla de murciélago, Granadilla silvestre, Gulupa, Gulupo
[UPFC]

Uses

Use Food
Infructescences - Edible wild fruit (Romero Castañeda 1961).
Use Medicines Unspecified Medicinal Disorders
Medicinal (State of the World's Plants 2016, Instituto Humboldt 2014).
[UPB]

Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Food
Used for food.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
[UPFC]

Common Names

Spanish
Chulupo, granadilla, granadillo, gulupa, gulupo, granadilla silvestre, granadilla de murciélago.

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/