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Passiflora foetida  L.

Stinking Passionflower

Plants > Angiosperms > Passifloraceae > ​Passiflora foetida

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Class: Dicots
​Order: Malpighiales
Family: ​Passifloraceae
Genus: Passiflora
Species: foetida


  • Common names: ​​Stinking Passionflower
  • Thai names: กระโปรงทอง kra prong thong (Peninsular), กะทกรก ka thok rok (Central), เครือขนตาช้าง khruea khon ta chang (Si Sa Ket), ตำลึงฝรั่ง tam lueng farang (Chon Buri), เถาเงาะ thao ngo (Chai Nat), เถาสิงโต thao singto (Chai Nat), ผักขี้หิด phak khi hit (Loei), ผักแคบฝรั่ง phak khaep farang (Northern), เยี่ยววัว yiao wua (Udon Thani), รก rok (Central), ละพุบาบี la-phu-ba-bi (Malay-Narathiwat, Pattani), หญ้าถลกบาต ya thalok bat (Phitsanulok, Uttaradit), หญ้ารกช้าง ya rok chang (Phangnga)
  • Chinese names: 
  • Distribution: Native to the southwestern United States (southern Texas and Arizona), Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and much of South America. It has been introduced to tropical regions around the world.
  • Image locations: Chaiyaphum, Chiang Mai (Chom Thong), Mae Hong Son (Pai), Nakhon Si Thammarat
  • Map info: Provinces are highlighted according to phytogeographical areas as used in the Flora of Thailand project.
  • Additional notes: 
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Image location

Images of Passiflora foetida from Thailand.
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Passiflora foetida (Stinking Passion Flower) (Chaiyaphum Prov.)
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Passiflora foetida (Stinking Passion Flower) (Chaiyaphum Prov.)
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Passiflora foetida, Pai Mae Hong Son, October 2016
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Passiflora foetida, Chom Thong, Chiang Mai, June 2015
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Passiflora foetida, Nakhon Si Thammarat
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Passiflora foetida, Nakhon Si Thammarat
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Passiflora foetida, Nakhon Si Thammarat
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Passiflora foetida, Nakhon Si Thammarat
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Passiflora foetida, Nakhon Si Thammarat

References: 
​The Plant List
Forest Herbarium - BKF
Please note that individual species identifications do not necessarily represent the opinion of all contributors.

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