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Passiflora

 

A plant genus of vines in the family Passifloraceae. Includes passion fruit valued for their edible fruits. Most of the plants in the genus that have been tested have high concentrations of cyanogenetic glycosides and are potential causes of cyanide poisoning and there is good field evidence of poisoning of livestock by some of them.
Suspected species are P. aurantia (red passion flower), P. cinnabarina (vermilion passion flower), P. foetida (stinking or mossy passion flower), P. herbertiana, P. suberosa (small passion flower), P. subpeltata (white or wild passion flower).

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