Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Malpighiales Martius
Family
Passifloraceae
Genus
Passiflora L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Passiflora tetrandra Banks ex DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 3, 323 (1828)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Tetrapathaea tetrandra (Banks ex DC.) Cheeseman, Man. New Zealand Fl., ed. 2, 577 (1925)
  • = Tetrapathaea australis Raoul., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 2: 121 (1844)
Vernacular Name(s):
Aka; Akakaikū; Akakaikūkū; Akakōhia; Akakūkū; Akatororaro; Kāhia; Kaimanu; Kohe; Kohia; Kūpapa; New Zealand passion flower; New Zealand passionfruit; Pōhue; Pōpōhue
 Description

Vigorous, dioecious, high-climbing vine, glabrous except for slightly hairy young stems. Lvs simple; petioles (0.8)–1–2 cm long, eglandular; stipules minute or 0; lamina (4)–5–12–(14) × (1.8)–2–4–(5.5) cm, lanceolate to narrow-ovate or elliptic, coriaceous, dark glossy green above, entire, acute to acuminate. Fls (1)–3–4 in cymes, fragrant. Pedicels 5–15 mm long. Bracts ± subulate, caducous. Hypanthium 0. Perianth 4-merous; segments 5–6 mm long, ± oblong, yellowish green; corona threads 2.5–3.5 mm long. ♂ fls with 4 stamens; filaments 5–6 mm long forming a short androphore bearing an abortive ovary. ♀ fls with short staminodes. Ovary glabrous; styles (2)–3, c. 2 mm long. Fr. (2)–2.5–3 cm diam., subglobose or broad-ellipsoid, orange; pulp reddish, sparse. Seeds 3–7 mm long, flattened, wrinkled.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Phenology

Flowering: Jul.–Mar.

 Bibliography
Cheeseman, T.F. 1925: Manual of the New Zealand Flora. Edition 2. Government Printer, Wellington.
de Candolle, A.P. 1828: Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis. Vol. 3. Treuttel et Würtz, Paris.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Not Threatened]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Not Threatened]
Raoul, E. 1844: Choix de plantes de la Nouvelle-Zélande. Recueillies et décrites par M.E. Raoul. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique sér. 3, 2: 113–123.