Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MC037 : Passiflora foetida L. - fetid passionflower

Plant Category : Climbers

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : -

Synonym : Passiflora foetida L. var. foetida; Passiflora foetida L. var. gossypifolia (Desv.) Mast.; Passiflora foetida L. var. hispida (DC. ex Triana & Planch.) Killip; Passiflora foetida L. var. riparia (C. Wright) Killip;

Plant Common Name : Love-in-a-mist, Stinking passionflower, Jhumka lata, Jhumka lota, Lam Radhikanachom, Vel-ghani, Kukkiballi, Chirranchantiya, Poochapalam, Siruppunaikkali, Chiru punai-k-kali, Mupparisavalli, Tellajumiki, fetid passionflower, fit-weed, foetid passionflower, love in a mist, love in a mist passion flower, love-in-a-mist, mossy passion flower, passion flower, passionflower, pop vine, red fruit passionflower, running pop, scarlet fruited passion flower, scarlet fruited passionflower, stinking passion flower, stinking passion vine, stinking passionflower, stinking passionfruit, wild passion fruit, wild passionfruit, wild water lemon,

Plant Family : Passifloraceae

Description : Weak Climbers, glandular hairy. Flowers white. Bracts deeply pinnatisect. Berries ovoid. Love-in-a-mist is a creeping vine which has an edible fruit and leaves that have a mildly rank aroma. It is native to northern South America and the West Indies. The stems are thin, wiry and woody, covered with sticky yellow hairs. The leaves are three- to five-lobed and viscid-hairy. They give off an unpleasant odour when crushed. The flowers are white to pale cream coloured, about 5-6 cm diameter. The fruit is globose, 2-3 cm diameter, yellowish-orange to red when ripe, and has numerous black seeds embedded in the pulp; the fruit are eaten and the seeds dispersed by birds. The bracts of this plant serve as insect traps, but it is as yet unknown whether the plant digests and gains nourishment from the trapped insects or if it merely uses the bracts as a defensive mechanism to protect its flowers and fruit. This is still an issue of debate and research among carnivorous plant enthusiasts.

Plant Location in Melghat : Chirodi

Medicinal Use / Activity : In India, this plant is used for forming lotions for skin disease & for preparation of medicinal powder for digestive problems. In Brazil, this plant is used to formulate lotions for skin diseases with inflammation. In Vietnam, leaves are used for tea making for vanishing sleeping and nervous disorders. Treating chronic pain, cough, asthma, insomnia, hysteria, emmenagogue, biliousness, digestive problems, including dyspepsia. This species can be helpful in treating digestive problems, including dyspepsia and Diarrhea; or used as an astringent and expectorant for nervous conditions and spasms.

Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS: Caffeoylglucaric acid; caffeic acid; Luteolin; Pinobanksin-3-O-acetate; Pinobanksin-3-O-butyrate; Kaempferol; rosmarinic acid; silymarin; hispidulin-7-O-hexoside; feruloylglucaric acid; p-coumaric acid; vicenin-2; isoorientin; spinosyn;

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (5):

Kaempferol;

Luteolin;

Hispidulin;

Silymarin;

Caffeic acid;

Plant's Current Status : -

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Londhe, A.N., Watve, A.V. & Ansari, M.Y. 2002. “Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve”. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 26: 385 to 395 - http://www.mdpi.com/1420_3049/23/2/459/htm

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Kingdom : Plantae - Plants
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision : Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Subclass : Dilleniidae
Order : Violales
Family : Passifloraceae - Passion-flower family
Genus : Passiflora L. - passionflower
Species : Passiflora foetida L. - fetid passionflower

Passiflora foetida L. - fetid passionflower
Passiflora foetida L. - fetid passionflower
Passiflora foetida L. - fetid passionflower
Passiflora foetida L. - fetid passionflower
Passiflora foetida L. - fetid passionflower
Passiflora foetida L. - fetid passionflower
Passiflora foetida L. - fetid passionflower
Passiflora foetida L. - fetid passionflower
Passiflora foetida L. - fetid passionflower