

A climbing vine with trilobed, finely serrated leaves and stunning, large, red flowers, followed by edible, green fruits. Passiflora manicata is native to dryish montane forests between 1700 and 3000 m elevation in the inter-Andean valleys of Colombia and Ecuador.
A climbing vine with trilobed, finely serrated leaves and stunning, large, red flowers, followed by edible, green fruits. Passiflora manicata is native to dryish montane forests between 1700 and 3000 m elevation in the inter-Andean valleys of Colombia and Ecuador.
The fruit is 5-6 cm long. Quite a sharp aromatic smell when opened, the grey pulp is reminiscent of P. ligularis fruit. It has a citrus-like taste, quite pleasant, certainly edible, mainly used for juice preparation, jam...