''Passiflora rubra'', the Dutchman's laudanum, is a species in the family

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. It is native throughout the

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, and to Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and eastern Brazil. ''Passiflora rubra'' is vegetatively almost indistinguishable from ''

Passiflora capsularis ''Passiflora capsularis'' is a member of the family Passifloraceae The Passifloraceae are a family of flowering plants, containing about 750 species classified in around 27 genera. They include trees, shrubs, lianas, and climbing plants, and ...

'', but the two species may be distinguished in flower and fruit. The ovaries of the flowers of ''Passiflora rubra'' has a dense coating of white, or less commonly brownish hairs, and the fruit, while variable in shape, is always obovoid, unlike that of ''Passiflora capsularis'' which is tapering at both ends.

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rubra Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Passifloraceae-stub