Banana passionfruit

{{short description|Species of plant}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Passiflora mixta flower.jpg |image_caption = Passiflora mixta |taxon = Passiflora supersect. Tacsonia |authority = (Juss.) Feuillet & J.M.MacDougal (2003) |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = See text |type_species = ''Passiflora mixta '' |type_species_authority = Lam. |synonyms = * ''Poggendorffia'' <small>H.Karst.</small> * ''Tacsonia'' <small>Juss.</small> |}}

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'''Banana passionfruit''' (''Passiflora'' supersect. ''Tacsonia''), also known as '''taxo''' in Ecuador and '''curuba''' in Colombia, is a group of around 64 ''Passiflora'' species found in South America.<ref name="Ulmer 2004 p. ">{{cite book | last=Ulmer | first=Torsten | title=Passiflora : Passionflowers of the world | publisher=Timber Press | location=Portland | year=2004 | isbn=0-88192-648-5 | oclc=53356535 }}</ref><ref name="Schoeniger 1986 p. ">{{cite book | last=Schoeniger | first=Gudrun | title=La curuba : técnicas para el mejoramiento de su cultivo | publisher=COLCIENCIAS Editora Guadalupe | location=Bogotá, Colombia | year=1986 | isbn=958-608-036-6 | oclc=17106360 | language=es }}</ref> Most species in this section are found in high-elevation cloud forest habitats. Flowers have a cylindrical hypanthium.

==Species==

{| class="wikitable collapsible" |- ! Section ! Series ! Image ! Scientific name ! Distribution |- ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"| ''Bolivianae'' | | |''Passiflora gracilens'' | Bolivia (Cochabamba and La Paz), Peru (Apurimac, Cajamarca, Cusco, Huancavelica, Huánuco, Junín, and La Libertad) |- ! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"| ''Rathea'' | | |''Passiflora andina'' | |- | | |''Passiflora colombiana'' | |- | | |''Passiflora harlingii'' | |- | | |''Passiflora unipetala'' | |- ! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| ''Insignes'' | | |''Passiflora carrascoensis'' | |- | | |''Passiflora insignis'' | |- | | |''Passiflora lanceolata'' | |- | | |''Passiflora mandonii'' | |- | | |''Passiflora pilosicorona'' | |- | | |''Passiflora pinnatistipula'' | |- ! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| ''Tasconiopsis'' | | |''Passiflora bracteosa'' | |- | | |''Passiflora purdiei'' | |- ! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| ''Trifoliata'' | |120px |''Passiflora trifoliata'' | |- | | |''Passiflora huamachucoensis'' | |- ! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| ''Fimbriatistipula'' | | |''Passiflora fimbriatistipula'' | Colombia (Huila and Cauca) |- | | |''Passiflora uribei'' | Colombia (Putumayo) |- ! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| ''Manicata'' | | |''Passiflora manicata'' | |- | | |''Passiflora macropoda'' | |- | | |''Passiflora trisecta'' | |- | | |''Passiflora peduncularis'' | |- | | |''Passiflora weberbaueri'' | |- ! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| ''Parritana'' | | |''Passiflora parritae'' |Colombia (Caldas, Tolima, and Risaralda) |- | | |''Passiflora jardinensis'' |Colombia (Jardín in Antioquia) |- ! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| ''Tacsonia'' | | |''Passiflora amazonica'' | |- | |120px |''Passiflora mixta'' | |- | | |''Passiflora matthewsii'' | |- | | |''Passiflora schlimiana'' | |- | | |''Passiflora salpoense'' | |- ! rowspan="18" style="text-align:center;"| ''Colombiana'' ! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| ''Quindiensae'' | |''Passiflora linearistipula'' | |- | |''Passiflora quindiensis'' | |- ! rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| ''Leptomischae'' | |''Passiflora ampullacea'' | |- |120px |''Passiflora antioquiensis'' | |- | |''Passiflora coactilis'' | |- | |''Passiflora cremastantha'' | |- | |''Passiflora flexipes'' | |- | |''Passiflora leptomischa'' | |- | |''Passiflora tenerifensis'' | |- ! rowspan="9" style="text-align:center;"| ''Colombianae'' | |''Passiflora adulterina'' | |- | |''Passiflora crispolanata'' | |- | |''Passiflora cuatrecasasii'' | |- | |''Passiflora formosa'' | |- | |''Passiflora lanata'' | |- | |''Passiflora pamplonensis'' | |- | |''Passiflora rugosa'' | |- | |''Passiflora trianae'' | |- | |''Passiflora truxillensis'' | |- ! rowspan="13" style="text-align:center;"| ''Elkhea'' | | |''Passiflora anastomosans'' | |- | | |''Passiflora brachyantha'' | |- | | |''Passiflora cumbalensis'' | |- | | |''Passiflora linearistipula'' | |- | | |''Passiflora jamesonii'' | |- | | |''Passiflora linda'' | |- | | |''Passiflora loxensis'' | |- | | |''Passiflora luzmarina'' | |- | | |''Passiflora roseorum'' | |- | | |''Passiflora sanctae-barbarae'' | |- | |120px |''Passiflora tarminiana'' | |- | |120px |''Passiflora tripartita'' | |- | | |''Passiflora zamorana'' |Ecuador (Zamora-Chinchipe) |- |}

==Invasive species== ''P. tarminiana'' and ''P. tripartita'' thrive in the climate of New Zealand. They are invasive species since they can smother forest margins and forest regrowth. It is illegal to sell, cultivate, or distribute the plants.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/pests/banana-passionfruit |title=Banana passionfruit {{!}} MAF Biosecurity New Zealand |website=www.biosecurity.govt.nz |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016003717/http://biosecurity.govt.nz/pests/banana-passionfruit |archive-date=2008-10-16}} </ref>

As of 2011, banana passionfruit vines are smothering more than {{convert|200|sqmi|km2}} of native forest on the islands of Hawaii and Kauai. Seeds are spread by feral pigs, birds and humans.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/cw_smith/impact.htm |title=Impact of Alien Plants on Hawai'i's Native Biota |author=Smith, Clifford W. |publisher=University of Hawaii |access-date=8 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713071816/http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/cw_smith/impact.htm |archive-date=13 July 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.invasiveplantatlas.org/subject.html?sub=6142 |title=Invasive Plant Atlas of the United States |author= The University of Georgia - Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health and the National Park Service |date=17 February 2011 |access-date=8 March 2011}}</ref> The vine can also be found all across the highlands of New Guinea and in Tasmania.{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/banana_passion_fruit.html Purdue University (United States)] - Banana passionfruit * {{wikispecies-inline|Passiflora supersect. Tacsonia|''Passiflora'' supersect. ''Tacsonia''}} {{taxonbar|from1=Q21398329}}

Category:Passiflora Category:Edible fruits Category:Crops originating from the Americas Category:Crops originating from Ecuador Category:Crops originating from Peru Category:Plant common names