Passiflora bicornis

Species category

Weed

Common name

wingleaf 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

ObovateObovate:
Inverted egg shaped with apical end the broadest.

Size

  • Length 3.5 mm
  • Width 2.5 mm
  • Thickness 1 mm

Color

Black with brown covering

Texture

Rough and covered with scabrousScabrous:
Rough to the touch, covered with minute points of very short, stiff hairs.
material

Other structures

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

Identification notes

Seed strongly obovateObovate:
Inverted egg shaped with apical end the broadest.
and compressed. Seed surface rough and covered with scabrousScabrous:
Rough to the touch, covered with minute points of very short, stiff hairs.
material.

Noxious weed seed categories

State Noxious Weed: Hawaii

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature

Family

Passifloraceae

Valid name

Passiflora bicornis Mill.

Synonyms

Passiflora pulchella Kunth

 Passiflora bicornis.  True seeds with a rough surface that is covered with scabrous material. 
Passiflora bicornis. True seeds with a rough surface that is covered with scabrous material.