Blue passionflower
Passiflora caerulea
- Layer 7 · Climbers
- Edible companion
Status by region
No restrictions recorded in the lists we checked.
Checked against the European Union list (Regulation 1143/2014) · Portugal's national invasive species list (Decreto-Lei 92/2019).
Information based on the cited sources, not legal advice — always confirm your local rules.
About
Native to South America, this species is a fast-growing, perennial climber that develops tendrils to attach itself to its supports. In a food forest, it occupies the seventh layer (climbers), using vertical space to attract various pollinators with its exotic flowers and providing small, edible orange passion fruits.
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Needs
- Water: Medium
- Light: Full sun
- Size: Climber up to 10 m
- Mature diameter: 3 m
- Soils: Clay, Loam, Sandy, Limestone
- Climates: Atlantic coast, Inland / Continental, Hot, dry Mediterranean
Calendar
- January
- February
- March — Planting
- April — Planting
- May — Planting
- June
- July
- August — Harvest
- September — Harvest
- October — Harvest
- November
- December
- Harvest
- Planting
Medicinal use: The leaves are traditionally used in infusions for their calming and mildly sedative properties.
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Related plants
Other species in the same layer or with the same function.
See which trees the blue passionflower grows well with
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