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Banana passionfruit
	Passiflora mixta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Passifloraceae
Genus:	Passiflora
Supersection:	Passiflora supersect. Tacsonia; (Juss.) Feuillet & J.M.MacDougal (2003)
Type species
	Passiflora mixta ; Lam.
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	Poggendorffia H.Karst.; Tacsonia Juss.;

Banana passionfruit (Passiflora supersect. Tacsonia), also known as taxo and curuba, is a group of around 64 Passiflora species found in South America.^[1]^[2] Most species in this section are found in high-elevation cloud forest habitats. Flowers have a cylindrical hypanthium.

Species

Section	Series	Scientific name	Distribution
Bolivianae		Passiflora gracilens	Bolivia (Cochabamba and La Paz), Peru (Apurimac, Cajamarca, Cusco, Huancavelica, Huánuco, Junín, and La Libertad)
Rathea		Passiflora andina
		Passiflora colombiana
		Passiflora harlingii
		Passiflora unipetala
Insignes		Passiflora carrascoensis
		Passiflora insignis
		Passiflora lanceolata
		Passiflora mandonii
		Passiflora pilosicorona
		Passiflora pinnatistipula
Tasconiopsis		Passiflora bracteosa
Tasconiopsis		Passiflora purdiei
Trifoliata		Passiflora trifoliata
Trifoliata		Passiflora huamachucoensis
Fimbriatistipula		Passiflora fimbriatistipula	Colombia (Huila and Cauca)
Fimbriatistipula		Passiflora uribei	Colombia (Putumayo)
Manicata		Passiflora manicata
		Passiflora macropoda
		Passiflora trisecta
		Passiflora peduncularis
		Passiflora weberbaueri
Parritana		Passiflora parritae	Colombia (Caldas, Tolima, and Risaralda)
Parritana		Passiflora jardinensis	Colombia (Jardín in Antioquia)
Tacsonia		Passiflora amazonica
		Passiflora mixta
		Passiflora matthewsii
		Passiflora schlimiana
		Passiflora salpoense
Colombiana	Quindiensae	Passiflora linearistipula
	Quindiensae	Passiflora quindiensis
	Leptomischae	Passiflora ampullacea
		Passiflora antioquiensis
		Passiflora coactilis
		Passiflora cremastantha
		Passiflora flexipes
		Passiflora leptomischa
		Passiflora tenerifensis
	Colombianae	Passiflora adulterina
		Passiflora crispolanata
		Passiflora cuatrecasasii
		Passiflora formosa
		Passiflora lanata
		Passiflora pamplonensis
		Passiflora rugosa
		Passiflora trianae
		Passiflora truxillensis
Elkhea		Passiflora anastomosans
		Passiflora brachyantha
		Passiflora cumbalensis
		Passiflora linearistipula
		Passiflora jamesonii
		Passiflora linda
		Passiflora loxensis
		Passiflora luzmarina
		Passiflora roseorum
		Passiflora sanctae-barbarae
		Passiflora tarminiana
		Passiflora tripartita
		Passiflora zamorana	Ecuador (Zamora-Chinchipe)

Whole and longitudinally-cut banana passionfruits.

Banana passionfruit ceramic. Moche culture.

Invasive species

P. tarminiana and P. tripartita thrive in the climate of New Zealand. They are invasive species since they can smother forest margins and forest regrowth. It is illegal to sell, cultivate, or distribute the plants.^[3]

Banana passionfruit vines are now smothering more than 200 square miles (520 km²) of native forest on the islands of Hawaii and Kauai. Seeds are spread by feral pigs, birds and humans.^[4]^[5] The vine can also be found all across the highlands of New Guinea and in Tasmania.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Ulmer, Torsten (2004). Passiflora : Passionflowers of the world. Portland: Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-648-5. OCLC 53356535.
^ Schoeniger, Gudrun (1986). La curuba : técnicas para el mejoramiento de su cultivo (in Spanish). Bogotá, Colombia: COLCIENCIAS Editora Guadalupe. ISBN 958-608-036-6. OCLC 17106360.
^ "Banana passionfruit | MAF Biosecurity New Zealand". www.biosecurity.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 2008-10-16.
^ Smith, Clifford W. "Impact of Alien Plants on Hawai'i's Native Biota". University of Hawaii. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
^ The University of Georgia - Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health and the National Park Service (17 February 2011). "Invasive Plant Atlas of the United States". Retrieved 8 March 2011.