Fetid passionflower vs Purple granadilla

Passiflora foetida compared with Passiflora edulis

Key Differences

• Fetid passionflower is Least Concern while Purple granadilla is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fetid passionflower	Purple granadilla
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family same	Passifloraceae	Passifloraceae
Genus same	Passiflora	Passiflora
Species	Passiflora foetida	Passiflora edulis

Evolutionary Relationship

Fetid passionflower and Purple granadilla share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Passiflora.

Conservation Status

Fetid passionflower

LC — Least Concern

Purple granadilla

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fetid passionflower	Purple granadilla
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fetid passionflower

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 8 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (16 countries), Asia (13 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Purple granadilla

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (22 countries), Asia (7 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (4 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 26 countries:

🇦🇴 Angola 🇦🇺 Australia 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 🇧🇮 Burundi 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇰🇲 Comoros 🇨🇩 Congo (DRC) 🇨🇺 Cuba 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇬🇦 Gabon 🇬🇳 Guinea 🇮🇳 India 🇮🇩 Indonesia 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇬 Madagascar 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇲🇿 Mozambique 🇳🇵 Nepal 🇵🇭 Philippines 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇹🇴 Tonga 🇺🇸 United States