Passiflora foetida L.

Code

PAQFO

Mayotte: Passiflora foetida flowers form September to May and fruits from October to June.
New Caledonia: The flowering of Passiflora foetida occurs mainly from the end of the rainy season until the end of the cool season, the fructification slightly shifted continues until December.

Passiflora foetida grows in wet areas or in areas with a pronounced dry season; in hedges, in scrubs, wastelands, roadsides, plantation margins. From 0-1000 m alt. Upland rice fields.

Comoros: Passiflora foetida is present in low and medium altitude areas on the three islands. It is observed in the thickets, in old clay soil or on stony wasteland.
French Guiana: Ruderal species, very frequent along roadsides, and in the hedges.
Madagascar: ruderal species that grows on embankments, roadsides and in abandoned places in climate areas of central, eastern and north-west of the island.
Mauritius: Species naturalized, especially at low and medium altitudes, in secondary thickets, in rocky stations. It is also an occasional weed of sugarcane.
Mayotte: Passiflora foetida is an exotic species naturalized and common in a wide range of degraded environments. It can be found along roads and forest edges, on embankments, in ditches, in crops, pastures and agroforests as well as in windfalls and natural forests in the xerophilic area.
New Caledonia: It is present especially at low and medium altitudes, in areas that receive over 1000 mm of rainfall a year. Its habitat is mainly the wasteland, slopes, fallow and forest edges as Passiflora suberosa. Associated with plants such as Cassis, it prefers alkaline soils with high levels of calcium or magnesium.
Reunion: Species present at low and medium altitude, it is primarily found in the thickets, in the rocky stations (lava flows), on the roadside or in fallow. It exists in Reunion throughout windy regions of St. Mary in St. Peter, both on the coast at medium altitude.
Seychelles: This species grows at all altitudes and on any type of soil. Common weed of cultivated areas, forming a dense cover preventing or delaying the growth of other species.

Local harmfulness
 
Benin: Passiflora foetida is a rare and scarce weed.
Comoros: A common weed in cassava plantations, vanilla and banana. By climbing on the support plants, it hinders the development of adult plants.
Ivory Coast: Rare and scarce.
Ghana: Rare and scarce.
French Guiana: Plant punctually recorded in vegetable or fruit plots, it is never abundant.
Madagascar: A weed infrequent in culture, no harmful.
Mauritius: A species that is not a problem for crops.
Mayotte: Passiflora foetida is an infrequent weed, it is present in 4% of cultivated plots. It grows especially in food crops. It is very present in the center of the island, but it is also found in the south.
New Caledonia: The vine was introduced in the territory since the beginning of the 20th century. It is found on pastures but low abundance; However, it is undesirable because livestock poisoning risk.
Uganda: Rare and scarce.
Reunion: P. foetida is present in 20% of cultivated land. It frequently penetrates the sugarcane fields where it can smother culture and obstruct traffic in the line spacing, but remains generally low or moderately abundant.
Seychelles: P. foetida can become a serious competitor for nutrients, water and light and can be a serious weed in the orchard, in the tea plantations and some ornamentals.
 

Food: The fruit of Passiflora foetida is edible (but not to be eaten in large quantities as it can be toxic).

Medicinal: In Nigeria, the leaves of Passiflora foetida are used in infusion to treat hysteria and insomnia. In Reunion Island, the leaves are also prescribed against hysteria and sleep disorders.

Agronomic : Passiflora foetida can be used as a cover plant.

Global control

(The doses are expressed in commercial products) - 2014

Herbarium pictures ReCOLNAT: https://explore.recolnat.org/search/botanique/simplequery=passiflora%2520foetida