Passiflora tarminiana
naturalizedPassifloraceae

Passiflora tarminiana

Banana passionfruit

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Passiflora tarminiana is a species of passionfruit. The yellow fruits are edible and their resemblance to small, straight bananas has given it the name banana passionfruit in some countries. It is native to the uplands of tropical South America and is now cultivated in many countries. In Hawaii and New Zealand it is now considered an invasive species.

Read more on Wikipedia →
summary via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA
Seasonality

Only 24 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

Gallery · 5 · iNaturalist
open-licensed photos · click any to view its source
Where documented · 43 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 200 · GBIF 270 records
Honuaʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 48 · GBIF 55
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 25 · GBIF 53
Honopū · KauaʻiiNat 28 · GBIF 28
Kalalau · KauaʻiiNat 22 · GBIF 25
Kaloko · HawaiʻiiNat 12 · GBIF 15
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 10 · GBIF 15
Kaʻūpūlehu · HawaiʻiiNat 11 · GBIF 8
Kaʻonoʻulu · MauiiNat 7 · GBIF 7
Waiohuli · MauiiNat 5 · GBIF 6
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 8
Kamaʻole · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 5
Puʻuwaʻawaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 3
Kēōkea · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 4
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 4
Makaweli · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Waiakoa · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Humuʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Kealakehe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Honokōhau 1-3 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Wainiha · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Puʻuanahulu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Pūlehunui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1