Passifloraceae: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	passion-flower family

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Close-up of a passion-flower blossom (Passiflora) with five pink petals, five sepals, a fringed purple corona, yellow-green stamens, ovary, and three styles at the center.

See how the passionflower ensures cross-pollination

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passion flower Adenia Purple passion fruit wild passion flower yellow granadilla sweet calabash giant granadilla yellow passion flower Malpighiales Euphorbiaceae Rafflesiaceae Podostemaceae Clusiaceae Balanopaceae Elatinaceae Ochnaceae Linaceae

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