Revision of Passiflora Subgenus Decaloba ... - Passion Flowers

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filaments at anthesis; styles 3.5-6.7 mm long including stigmas, 0.2-0.4 mm wide,
greenish yellow; stigmas 0.5-0.9 mm in diameter; ovary 1.2-2.8 mm long, 0.8-2.2
mm wide, widely ellipsoid to globose, greenish yellow. Berry 9.6-14.4 mm long,
10.0-15.3 mm wide, widely ellipsoid to globose, very dark purple with glaucous
bloom. Seeds 5-10, obovate in outline, 4.5-5.7 mm long, 3.1-3.5 mm wide, 2.0-
2.7 mm thick, acute at both ends, reticulate-foveate with each face marked with
with ca. 15-19 foveae. Fig. 8.17-8.18.
Distribution and Ecology
El Salvador, in the departments of Ahuachapán, Santa Ana, and Sonsonate;
Guatemala in the departments of El Progreso, Guatemala, Jalapa,
Quetzaltenango, San Marcos, Suchitepéquez, and Zacapa; Honduras in the
department of Santa Bárbara. Growing in shrubs and small trees in shady
ravines and at the edges of premontane to montane broad-leaved forests on
volcanic cones; 1500-2650 m. Flowering and fruiting January-May, July-
September and December.
Vernacular Names
Ala de murciélago (El Salvador), flora murciélago (Guatemala), granadilla
(Guatemala), granadilla de culebra (Guatemala), hoja de murciélago
(Guatemala).