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Banana Passionfruit

Banana Passionfruit
Photo: Macbird Floraprint
Invasive Plant
Banana Passionfruit
Passiflora mollissima
 

A rampant climber more popular for its large pink flowers than the oblong, yellow fruit. It can spread to 20 m smothering anything in its way. It produces little edible pulp, considered less tasty than the pulp of the black passionfruit.

 

HOW IT SPREADS

  • Birds and bats eat the fruit and spread seeds to rainforests and fertile areas where they readily germinate. Stem fragments can easily strike upon contact with soil and cause further infestation. The vines will smother native vegetation.
 
 
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Alternative Plants

Black Passionfruit
Photo: Habitat Plants
Alternative Plant Black Passionfruit
Passiflora edulis (seedling forms)
Climbing and Ground Cover Plants
 

Seedling grown black passionfruit produce perfectly acceptable fruits and does not have the suckering problems of the grafted forms. Fruits may be consumed by birds resulting in the possible spread into nearby areas. To prevent this, don't grow it unless you intend to eat the fruit.

Native Clematis
Photo: Lorna Rose
Alternative Plant Native Clematis
Clematis aristata, Clematis microphylla
Climbing and Ground Cover Plants
 

These are the best known of the Australian native Clematis. Profuse spring/summer creamywhite flowers followed by small decorative fruits. Best in dappled shade for summer protection. Displays well on fences, lattice or rough walls.

Wonga Wonga Vine
Photo: Macbird Floraprint
Alternative Plant Wonga Wonga Vine
Pandorea pandorana
Climbing and Ground Cover Plants
 

This is a vigorous, hardy Australian native twining plant. The flowers are tubular and creamy-white with purple or brown markings in the throat. A number of selected colour forms of this species have been brought into cultivation, the most common is 'Snowbells' with pure white flowers and 'Golden Showers' with yellowbronze flowers. Flowering occurs mainly in spring but may persist into summer.

 
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