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Passiflora lindeniana (Triana & Planch.) is a species in the subgenus Astrophea, some species of which are weak trees and some are free standing woody trees. ''P. lindeniana'' is the largest of the free-standing trees, growing to 20 m, and having a circumference of 1.25 m at the base. The tree is branched and leafy above a bare, brown-barked trunk, and the large (10 to 90 cm long) simple leaves form a moderately dense canopy. This passionflower does not have tendrils. The leaves fall seasonally, and the tree remains bare for some weeks. According to Meadows, in cultivation, ''P. lindeniana'' flowers in winter and the fruit mature in early summer. The striking pure white flowers have deep yellow corona filaments. The tree has a very condensed and heavy flowering, and while it has flowered annually in cultivation in New Zealand, in the wild the flowering is described as "erratic, sometimes not annually". ''P. lindeniana'' is self infertile, and will not set fruit in the absence of another tree nearby. In cultivation, the flowers are insect pollinated. The fruit are small (4.5 cm to 5.5 cm long, 2 cm to 3 cm wide), hexagonal in cross section, and the fruit wall somewhat hard and brittle. The sparse flesh is white. == Distribution == According to Vanderplank, the natural range is "The lower Andes of Venezuela from Merida State in the west to Miranda State above the area Pozo de Rosas in the east and from Sierra San Luıs in Falcon State in the north to Distrito Pedraza on the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevada de Mérida in Barinas State in the south." It is also recorded as a rare species in Colombia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Passiflora lindeniana」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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