Climber with hairy stems and leaf stalks. Leaves deeply 3-lobed with saw-toothed margins. Flowers about 6-8 cm wide with sepal tube to 8 cm long, pink. Fruit mostly 6-10 cm long and 4 cm wide, yellow, edible.
South American Andes
Requires cool conditions and possibly higher elevations than Melbourne for reliable fruiting.
Occasionally naturalised in damp gullies of E Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.
Source: (1997). Passifloraceae. In: . 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.
