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Passiflora tripartita var. mollissima

Species category

Weed

Common name

banana passionflower

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

True seedTrue seed:
A mature fertilized ovule consisting of an embryo, with or without and external food reserve (e.g., endosperm) enclosed by the testa.

Shape

Irregularly ovalOval:
Broadly elliptic.

Size

  • Length 6–6.2 mm
  • Width 3.4–4 mm
  • Thickness 1.5–1.8 mm

Color

Black

Texture

Shiny with strong reticulum with round interspaces

Other structures

HilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).
 is widest at the base.

Identification notes

Seed seems to be irregular in shape but shiny, with a strong reticulum and round interspaces.

Noxious weed seed categories

State Noxious Weed: Hawaii

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature

Family

Passifloraceae

Valid name

Passiflora tripartita var. mollissima (Kunth) Holm-Niels. & P.M. Jørg.

Synonyms

Tacsonia mollissima Kunth

Passiflora tripartita var. mollissima. True seeds that are shiny with a strong reticulum, with round interspaces. 
Passiflora tripartita var. mollissima. True seeds that are shiny with a strong reticulum, with round interspaces.