Passiflora platyloba is a species of flowering plant in the family Passifloraceae. It is a climbing plant with purple flowers. The species is native to Mexico central America, and Colombia, and was described in 1922.
Taxonomy The species was described by Ellsworth Paine Killip in 1922.
Two varieties are recognised: Passiflora platyloba var. platyloba Passiflora platyloba var. pubescens
Distribution Passiflora platyloba is native to the wet tropical biome of Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, south-east Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panamá.
Description Passiflora platyloba is a climbing plant. The stem is stout and cylindrical.
The leaf stems are long. The leaves are suborbicular to ovate, long, and wide. The flower is enclosed by bracts, which are long, and wide.
The flower stems are solitary, and long. The flower is purple, wide, and has a tube around long. The sepals are oblong-lanceolate, long, around wide, and slightly fleshy. The petals are linear-lanceolate, long, and around wide. The flower has coronas with several series of filaments.
Passiflora platyloba resembles Passiflora seemannii, though the former has longer bracts.
Uses Passiflora platyloba is used for food and medicine.
Nomenclature In Spanish, the species is known as .
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