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| name = Red passion flower
| name = ''Passiflora coccinea''
| image = Passiflora-coccinea-Folio.JPG
| image = Passiflora-coccinea-Folio.JPG
| image_caption = P.coccinea flower
| image_caption = ''P. coccinea'' flower
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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| species = '''''P. coccinea'''''
| species = '''''P. coccinea'''''
| binomial = ''Passiflora coccinea''
| binomial = ''Passiflora coccinea''
| binomial_authority = [[Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet|Aubl.]]
| binomial_authority = [[Aubl.]]
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*''P. coccinea'' var. ''minor'' <small>[[Mast.]]</small>
*''P. coccinea'' var. ''velutina'' <small>([[DC.]]) [[Mast.]]</small>
*''P. fulgens'' <small>[[Gustav Wallis|Wallis]] ex [[E. Morren]]</small>
*''P. toxicaria'' <small>[[Barb. Rodr.]]</small>
*''P. velutina'' <small>[[DC.]]</small>
*''Tacsonia coccinea'' <small>[[Barb. Rodr.]]</small>
*''Tacsonia pubescens'' <small>[[DC.]]</small>
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'''Passiflora coccinea'''('''Scarlet passion flower,Red passion flower'''), striped, 2cm" passion fruit with edible pulp. It is a fast growing vine. The beautiful dark red flowers of the red granadilla share similarities with the [[Passiflora vitifolia|Grape-leaved passion fruit]]. It isd usually grown by seeds or cuttings. The [[Fruit]] is quite similar to [[Red granadilla]] ([[Passiflora capsularis|P.capsularis]]) because both fruit are the only red ones in the [[Passifloraceae]]. It is usually eaten fresh. Native to the Amazon region of [[Peru]], [[Brazil]], [[Bolivia]], and [[Philiphines]] as well as [[Venezuela]] and the [[Guianas]].
'''''Passiflora coccinea''''' (common names '''Scarlet passion flower, Red passion flower'''), striped, 2cm passion fruit with edible pulp. It is a fast growing vine. The beautiful dark red flowers of the share similarities with ''[[Passiflora vitifolia]]''. It is usually grown by seeds or cuttings. The fruit is quite similar to ''[[Passiflora capsularis]]'') because the fruit of both are the only red ones in the [[Passifloraceae]]. It is usually eaten fresh. Native to the Amazon region of [[Peru]], [[Brazil]], and [[Bolivia]] as well as [[Venezuela]] and the [[Guianas]].

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[[Category:Passsiflora]]
==References==
* [http://www.tropicos.org/NameDetails.aspx?nameid=24200192 Species reference in Tropicos.org]

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Revision as of 00:38, 13 June 2010

Passiflora coccinea
P. coccinea flower
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P. coccinea
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Passiflora coccinea
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Passiflora coccinea (common names Scarlet passion flower, Red passion flower), striped, 2cm passion fruit with edible pulp. It is a fast growing vine. The beautiful dark red flowers of the share similarities with Passiflora vitifolia. It is usually grown by seeds or cuttings. The fruit is quite similar to Passiflora capsularis) because the fruit of both are the only red ones in the Passifloraceae. It is usually eaten fresh. Native to the Amazon region of Peru, Brazil, and Bolivia as well as Venezuela and the Guianas.

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