naturalizedPassifloraceae

Passiflora edulis

common passionfruit

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Passiflora edulis, commonly known as passion fruit, is a vine species of passion flower native to southern Brazil through Paraguay and northern Argentina. It is cultivated commercially in tropical and subtropical areas for its sweet, seedy fruit. The fruit is a pepo, a type of berry, round to oval, either yellow or dark purple at maturity, with a soft to firm, juicy interior filled with numerous seeds. The fruit is both eaten and juiced, the juice...

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Seasonality
59 flowering · 39 fruiting annotations · iNaturalist · fetched Jul 2026
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■ flowering (peak September)■ fruiting (peak August)

This is an inference, not a schedule. The curve reflects when observers annotated flowering and fruiting — which tracks observer effort as well as plant behavior, and pools all elevations and islands into one signal. Hawaiʻi’s microclimates vary enormously; a species may fruit in January at sea level and June at elevation. Use this to know when to look, then look.

What works

Controlling Passiflora edulis

From Weed Control by Species1 row →

Best reported: cut-stump with 20% G4, 80% Biodiesel — one report from OANRP.

  1. 5.0cut-stump20% G4, 80% BiodieselTriclopyrG41 report · 1 observed
    OANRP
    • 5successful. Recommended method · OANRP · observed

Ratings are the reporting organisation’s own, on a 5-point scale. Always follow the product label — the label is the law. See these 1 rows in the full table

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Where documented · 128 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 200 · GBIF 294 records
ʻAiea · OʻahuiNat 12 · GBIF 16 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 10 · GBIF 17 ✓
Kahakuloa · MauiiNat 11 · GBIF 13 ✓
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 13 · GBIF 9 ✓
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 7 ✓
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 7 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 10 ✓
Wailuku · MauiiNat 6 · GBIF 5 ✓
ʻAlaeiki · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 6 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 7 ✓
Makawao · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 7 ✓
Honopou · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kalauao · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 6 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 5 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kaʻena · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Honokahua · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kapāpala · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
ʻAlaenui · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Ponahawai · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Keauohana, Kehena · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 4 ✓
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Haʻikū · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 4 ✓
Mokulēʻia 1 · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hāʻena · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Hāmākuapoko · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Honuaʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kēōkea · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waiohuli · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puʻuʻeo · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Paeahu · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hōʻaeʻae · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kawailoa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Nāmāhana · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Mānana · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waiheʻe · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keahialaka · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waikahekahe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waipiʻo · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kawaipapa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hauʻula · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keonepokonui · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
East Makaīwa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kukuikea · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honomanü · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waipouli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Paumalū · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kīpū · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Pūpūkea · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hīleanui · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalaoa 1-5 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kuliʻouʻou · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hālawa, Napapaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Ukumehame · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Moʻoiki · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Mohopilo · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kamaʻole · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaunolū · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keālia · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hōnaunau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kamaʻeʻe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kawela · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keauhou 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Showing the 120 most-documented of 128.