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Passiflora tarminiana

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Passiflora tarminiana is a species of passionfruit native to the uplands of tropical South America, now cultivated in many countries. Its yellow fruit resembles a small, straight banana, giving it the common name banana passionfruit in some countries and banana poka in Hawaii, and it carries various names such as curuba, taxo and tumbo across its Andean homeland. In Hawaii and New Zealand it is now considered an invasive species. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
Threats
Invasive and Other Problematic Species, Genes and Diseases 2
Relationship to People
Invasive or Introduced Species 2
Scientific Name
Passiflora tarminiana 3
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Magnoliopsida, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Passiflora tarminiana
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  • Also in Geography Atlas: Australia, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Bolivia, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Colombia, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Ecuador, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: El Salvador, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Guatemala, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: New Zealand, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: North America, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Papua New Guinea, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Peru, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: South Africa, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Sri Lanka, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: United States, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Venezuela, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Zimbabwe, found in there.
Sources
1. Passiflora tarminiana (Wikipedia)
lead sentence (diet), EntityId 376459
Quote, lead sentence (diet), EntityId 376459
Passiflora tarminiana (or banana passionfruit) is a species of passionfruit.
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2. Wikipedia: Passiflora tarminiana
  • threat (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
    In Hawaii and New Zealand it is now considered an invasive species.
  • human-interaction (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
    In Hawaii and New Zealand it is now considered an invasive species.
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3. Wikipedia: Passiflora tarminiana
WikipediaWikidata Q135365 (P225 taxon name)View the Source
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
International Union for Conservation of NatureView the Source
Wikidata: Passiflora tarminiana
Child Taxon Of: Magnoliopsida, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
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