Passiflora tripartita var. mollissima (Kunth) Holm-Niels. & P.Jørg.

Vigorous vine; shoots densely hairy, weakly angular when young. Lvs 3-lobed; petioles 1.5–5 cm long, densely hairy, with (4)–6–12 stalked or subsessile glands; stipules 5–10 mm wide (excluding subulate apex when present), subreniform, with glandular teeth; lamina lobes usually 5–14 cm long, extending 1/2-⅔ of the distance in from the margin, usually ± tomentose below, hairy or glabrate above, elliptic or elliptic-ovate, narrow-lanceolate on juvenile shoots, serrate or serrulate, acute; middle lobe largest, 4–9 × 2–5 cm. Fls ☿, solitary. Pedicels > petioles, densely hairy. Bracts 1.5–3.75 cm long, ovate or broad-ovate, ± tomentose outside, entire or slightly toothed, united for lower 1/4–1/2 until anthesis. Hypanthium 8–9.5 cm long, glabrous outside. Sepals 2–3.8 cm long, elliptic, green on reverse, pink or rose inside, rounded and with short horn near apex; petals similar but pink on both sides; corona a ring of purple, white-tipped scales 1–2 mm long. Filaments 1.5–2 cm long, pale, often scarcely > anthers; anthers (7)–10–12 mm long. Ovary white-villous. Fr. (6)–7–12 × 2–3 cm, ± ellipsoid, yellow or orange-yellow, puberulent; pulp sweet and orange, edible. Seed 4.5–5.5 mm long, broad-obovoid, dark red to black, alveolate.

[From: Webb et al. (1985) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4 as Passiflora mollissima (Kunth) L.H.Bailey]