Flora of New Zealand Series

Passiflora tetrandra Sol. ex DC. Prodr. 3, 1828, 323.

T. australis Raoul in Ann. Sci. nat. Sér. 3, 2, 1844, 121.

Dioec. soft-wooded glab. liane, up to c. 10 m. tall; branches terete, flexible; branchlets very slender. Tendrils very slender, ± curled, up to ± 10 cm. long, rarely bearing a fl. Lvs alt., on petioles up to 2 cm. long; lamina ovate- to oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 5-10 × 2-3 cm., entire, coriac., dark green and glossy above, paler below; margins ± undulate. Fls solitary, or in 2-4-fld cymes, ebracteate. Sepals and petals yellowish green, ovate-oblong, about equal, reflexed; coronal filaments yellowish. ♂ with long, diverging staminal filaments; ♀ with 3-locular, stipitate ovary, us. with staminodes; styles 2-3. Fr. subglobose, orange, 25-30 cm. long; seeds wrinkled, aril reddish, cop.

DIST.: N., S. Lowland forests, marginal, from near North Cape to lat. 44°. Kohia.

FL.- FT. 10-3. Originally collected by Banks and Solander "prope Opuragi".