Passiflora tetrandra

{{Short description|Species of vine}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2024}} {{Speciesbox | image = Passiflora tetrandra at Otari 1.jpg | genus = Passiflora | species = tetrandra | authority = Banks ex DC. | synonyms_ref = <ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/100354887 Tropicos]</ref> | synonyms = * ''Tetrapathaea tetrandra'' <small>(Banks ex DC.) Raoul</small> }}

'''''Passiflora tetrandra''''' ({{langx|mi|kōhia}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Moorfield |first1=John C |title=kōhia |url=https://maoridictionary.co.nz/word/2791 |website=Te Aka Māori Dictionary |publisher=Edify |access-date=6 July 2025 |language=en}}</ref>), also known as New Zealand passionflower, New Zealand passionfruit, or {{langx|mi|kohe|label=none}}, is a climbing vine found in New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web |title=Passiflora tetrandra |url=https://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora/species/passiflora-tetrandra/ |website=New Zealand Plant Conservation Network |access-date=6 July 2025 |language=en}}</ref> Of the {{circa|500}} species of passionflower, this is the sole species native to New Zealand.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lehnebach |first=Carlos A. |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115065494 |title=Native Plants of Aotearoa |last2=Meudt |first2=Heidi |date=2022-10-01 |publisher=Te Papa Press |isbn=978-1-9911509-3-6 |series=Te Papa Te Taiao Nature Series |pages=53 |language=English}}</ref><ref name="cave"/>

==Overall== thumb|left|''Passiflora tetrandra'' at the Wellington Botanic Garden Kōhia is a forest vine, climbing up to {{convert|10|m|foot|abbr=on}}. Leaves are alternate, broadly lanceolate, green, shiny, and untoothed. Flowers are small, white to yellow, in groups of 1–3 in the axils of the leaves. Flowers appear between October and December.

Plants are dioecious: fruit may not be produced without female-flowering plants being fertilised with pollen from separate male-flowering plants. Lemon-shaped, orange fruits up to {{convert|30|mm|in|abbr=on}} long can be found from summer to autumn. The fruit can be eaten by people and is a traditional food for Māori: the gum from the stem was also chewed.<ref name="crowe">Crowe, A. (1997). ''A Field Guide to the Native Edible Plants of New Zealand''. North Shore, New Zealand: Penguin Books.</ref><ref name="cave">Cave, Y., and Paddison, V. (2005). ''The Gardener's Encyclopedia of New Zealand Native Plants''. Glenfield, New Zealand: Randomhouse.</ref> The seeds have a peppery taste.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Moore |first=Lucy B. |title=The Oxford book of New Zealand plants |last2=Irwin |first2=J. B. |date=1978 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-558035-8 |location=Wellington; New York |page=64}}</ref>

Propagation is from seed or cutting. Cultivation requirements are basic: vines need a support structure/tree and a cool root run in a reasonable soil.<ref name="cave"/>

It occurs throughout the North Island and in parts of the South Island as far south as Banks Peninsula.<ref name=Dawson>{{Cite book |last1=Dawson |first1=John |last2=Lucas |first2=Rob |year=2000 |title=Nature Guide to the New Zealand Forest |publisher=Godwit |page=168 |isbn=1-86962-055-0}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Passiflora tetrandra – kohia, New Zealand passion flower |url= https://www.nzplants.auckland.ac.nz/en/about/seed-plants-flowering/passifloraceae/passiflora-tetrandra.html |work=Native New Zealand Plants |publisher=University of Auckland |access-date=25 July 2025}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

tetrandra Category:Dioecious plants Category:Endemic flora of New Zealand Category:Vines Category:Taxa named by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle