PlantFiles: Bat-leaf Passion Flower, Passionflower
Passiflora coriacea

This is one of my favourite Passiflora's. I love the leaves and the flowers, although the flowers are fairly small for a Passiflora. They are extremely intricate and beautiful. I have one that is in full bloom right now ( May ) and is just growing like mad. I ordered this vine from Zone 9 Tropicals. I have grown this vine before though when I lived out in Seattle and had spectacular success with it there too. Here in Montana, I have to grow it as a houseplant but it can go outside for the summer as with most other of my houseplants. I find this an exceptional plant because it is so easy to grow, it's attractive and it seems to be in bloom almost always. I just pollinated a few of the flowers with pollen from a Passiflora citrina as an experiment. Not sure that it will work, but what the heck! I highly recommend this vine. Easy to grow and to propagate from cuttings. We'll see about seeds if I get any fruit from my experiments.

Very hardy, it has survived in a small pot on my mom's back porch for a few years now, growing fairly long vines for being rootbound. I took one vine, cut it into about 4 sections, and stuck it in my kitchen window. It all rooted in about 2 weeks, and survived some neglect there for another three months! It's now in a pot and putting off lots of new leaves.

Insects resistant, crushed seeds used as an insecticide in some countries.