Climber, evergreen in frost-free areas. Leaves leathery, pale green with 3 toothed lobes. Flower scarlet, about 10 cm wide and with a purple fringe of filaments, the tube about 3-4 cm long and swollen at the base; spring to summer. Fruit egg-shaped to more or less spherical, to 5 cm long.

C & S America

Source: Spencer, R.; Wheller, C.L. (1997). Passifloraceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.