Passiflora Viridescens
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''Passiflora viridescens'' is a plant species native to
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and Ecuador. ''Passiflora viridescens'' is a woody
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climbing over other vegetation to a height of over 8 m. Leaves are broadly lanceolate to ovate, up to 14 cm long, forming three points at the tip in a W-shaped pattern. Flowers are up to 10 cm in diameter, light green with purple styles. Fruits are elliptical to egg-shaped, up to 6 cm long, green with minute hairs.Jørgensen, PM, & JM MacDougal. 1997. Three new species of ''Passiflora'' (Passifloraceae) and notes on Passiflora viridescens. Novon 7:379-386
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{{Taxonbar, from=Q15494353 Flora of Ecuador viridescens Flora of Peru Taxa named by Linda Katherine Escobar