Passiflora tinifolia Juss.

Annales du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle 6: 113, pl. 41, f. 1 (Jussieu 1805). — Passiflora laurifolia var. tinifolia (Juss.) Bois, Les plantes alimentaires chez tous les peuples et à travers les âges: histoire, utilisation, culture 2: 357 (Bois 1928). —

Type specimen: French Guiana • Cayenne; L. C. M. Richard s.n.; lecto-, P [P04881994], designated by Rome & Coppens d’Eeckenbrugge (2023); isolecto-, P [P04881999], P [P04882008].

Passiflora oblongifolia Pulle, An Enumeration of the Vascular Plants Known from Surinam 321, t. 14, f. 3 (Pulle 1906).

Passiflora gabrielleana Vanderpl., Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, New Ed. 23 (3): 239 (Vanderplank & Vanderplank 2006), as “ gabrielliana ”.

Passiflora favardensis Kuethe, nom. inval., Passiflora Online Journal 1 (1): 20-25 (Kuethe 2011).

DISTRIBUTION. — From Guyana to Amapá.

NOTE

The fruits of this species, called “maritambour,” are collected by Native Americans and sold on the market in Cayenne. Passiflora tinifolia is quite common in French Guiana especially on river banks s and in wet ditches.