Passiflora incarnata
- Title
- Passiflora incarnata
- Purple Passionflower
- Subject
- Florida Native Plant
- Description
- Plant Size: 3-10 ft long stems, sprawling and scrambling over other vegetation
- Habitat: Disturbed, brushy areas or disturbed upland hardwood forest, sandhill and scrub
- Medicinal Uses: The Cherokee used a compound infusion of the root to treat boils. They also gave an infusion of root to babies to aid in weaning, and a warm infusion of beaten root dropped into the ear for earache. The Cherokee used parboiled leaves and the fruit as a food source.
- Contraindications: possible presence of cyanogenic glycosides in Passiflora
- Creator
- Rene Meizoso
- Source
- Florida Native Plant Society database entry for Passiflora incarnata
- Atlas of Florida Plants database entry for Passiflora incarnata
- Allen et al, 2003
- Contributor
- Rene Meizoso
- Relation
- Discussed in:
- Identifier
- RIFpipp
- Coverage
- Throughout the state
Dublin Core
Collection
Tags
Citation
Rene Meizoso, “Passiflora incarnata,” Rooted in Florida, accessed April 6, 2026, https://lis5472.cci.fsu.edu/sp26/group1/items/show/393.
