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Current Determination:
Passiflora juliana J.M. MacDougal Family: Passifloraceae Determined By:
Collection Information:
Collectors: J.M. MacDougal
Collection Number: 492
Collection Date: 2 Nov 1979
Location: Mexico, Michoacan, Coahuayana
Coordinate: 18º44'N 103º41'W
Elevation:
Herbaria: MO, CAS, GH, DUKE
Description: Stems reddish, pedicels green. Large ants common at nectaries on terminal inflorescences. Flowers with hardly detectable odor, open and receptive around late morning through mid day. Flowers all yellowish green except purple-violet limen floor. Edge of limen white. No purple on corona. Corona shorter than that of same taxon at Tecoman, Colima. Ripe fruits dark blueish black, with glaucous bloom, thus appearing dark grey-blue; shape varies from depressed globose to slightly ellipsoid, somewhat trigonal in X-section. Outer fruit layer purple-staining; inner lining (placenta) greenish. Purple layer mildly fruity, neither sweet nor sour. Arils clear, distinct white line on side, close fitting, +/- tasteless. Voucher, chromosomes n=6 Doing best in full sun. Stems reddish, pedicels green. Large ants common at nectaries on terminal inflorescences. Flowers with hardly detectable odor, open and receptive around late morning through midday. Flowers all yellowish green except purple-violet limen floor. Edge of limen white. No purple on corona. Corona shorter than that of same taxon at Tecoman, Colima. Ripe fruits dark bluyish black, with glaucous bloom, thus appearing dark grey-blue; shape varies from depressed globose to slightly ellipsoid, somewhat trigonal in x-section.Outer fruit layer purple-staining; inner lining (placenta) greenish. Purple layer mildly fruity, neither sweet nor sour. Arils clear, distinct whiteline on side, close fitting, more or less tasteless. Voucher, chromosomes n = 6. Flower. Common here.
Locality: High point on road between San Telmo and San Juan de Lima (Hwy 200): rocky cliffs and edges of roadcut. Common here, doing best in full sun. Assoc. with P. holosericea, P. goniosperma, and at the edge of the forest, P. mexicana

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