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Posted: Dec/10/2008 9:41 AM PST
Hi All, As I was riding to the store there was a vine growing on the back fence of an old car repair place. I had seen the vine before but was stunned at the size if the fruit. At first I thought it was choyote squash with the fruit a bit dark hue and that is the first impression of the fruit, but when picked there was intense white sap that could be bottled and sold as Elmer's glue, washing easily at first but dried quickly to water resistant goop very hard to get off. The fruit get to the size of a good sized pear, but it is too light weight to be choyote, and wrong leaves /flowers to be in Passiflora, or anything else I am familiar with. Attachments:    |
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Posted: Dec/10/2008 4:46 PM PST
Passiflora herbertiana http://books.google.com/books?id=43bVC3P8PJsC&pg=P A130&lpg=PA130&dq=Passiflora+herbertiana+leaf&sour ce=web&ots=WEinvXDQCv&sig=TwmTseTPnAKG2fXtZSGedGP6 hPg&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result Leaf Shape http://www.passiflora.info/herbertiana1.htm Flower |
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Posted: Dec/10/2008 6:29 PM PST
Passion Fruit? |
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Posted: Dec/10/2008 7:58 PM PST
Quote: Originally posted by EvonneStoryteller Passiflora herbertianaLeaf Shape http://www.passiflora.info/herbertiana1.htm Flower The leaves though three lobed look very unpassiflora like, and the flowers are small and seem to be missing the cross like stamens that are key to the group. Also the sap is very thick and white, while all passiflora I am familiar with have clear sap. There are a great many Passiflora and this one is weird if it is one. The pictures seem to show a much larger (red?) flower and very much the normal Passiflora leaf that would normally be a dead giveaway. The soil and water would be very poor there, and that might affect the leaf, but they seem much more narrow and leathery than is normal for passiflora. I will cut open a fruit tomorrow and that should be the test. Fresh the sap will get on and ruin everything. |
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Posted: Dec/11/2008 7:51 AM PST
hi, how did it turn out? did you cut it? can it possibly be Chayotes Squash? cheerz; ka |
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Posted: Dec/12/2008 4:32 PM PST
It is definitely Not choyote squash, and while it might be distantly related to Passiflora, I am pretty sure it is not that either. The fruit has a thick rind like a Passiflora, but I don't think the way the inside is laid out is the same. Even three days later the thick white sap is still evident, and I drove by the plant again and took a hard look at the flowers that were quite abundant, but with no central stamen/pistil arrangement that is key to the group. Even aside from the overall shape the look and heft of the leaves is also very unpassiflora like. I took a bunch more pictures for a better look than the first post. Attachments:      |
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Posted: Jan/11/2009 11:27 AM PST
I would love to get seeds of this unknown vine? would pay postage. thanks Carol Dizzy45vines |
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Posted: Dec/04/2012 3:05 AM PST
Did you ever find out what your vine was called? http://www.eattheweeds.com/morrenia-odorata-pest-o r-pleasure-food-2/ |
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Posted: Dec/04/2012 10:42 AM PST
This is a Milkweed Vine, Morrenia odorata. Attachments:   |
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Posted: Dec/04/2012 11:42 AM PST
If Dragon had waited three more year before leaving s/he would have had an answer. |
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