Passiflora vesicaria var. vesicaria

Love-in-a-mist is a creeping vine which has an edible fruit and leaves that have a mildly rank aroma. It is native to northern South America and the West Indies. The stems are thin, wiry and woody, covered with sticky yellow hairs. The leaves are three- to five-lobed and viscid-hairy. They give off an unpleasant odour when crushed. The flowers are white to pale cream coloured, about 5-6 cm diameter. Flower-cluster-stalks are 2-6 cm long, Bracts are 2-4 cm long, increasing in size as fruit develops, 2- or 3-piinately divided into gland tipped segments, usually closely interwoven. Flowers are white and mauve, 4.0-6.5 cm in diameter. Sepals are ovate-lanceshaped or lanceshaped, 1.5-2.8 cm long, 0.6-1 cm wide, Petals are oblong or lanceshaped, 1-2.5 cm long, 5-8 mm wide, thin-membranous, white on upper and lower surfaces. Corona filaments are in 5-7 series, the outer two series 1-1.8 cm long, thread-like, lower 1/3 to 1/2 part mauve or lilac, upper portion white, inner 3-5 series erect, 1-3 mm high, getting shorter towards base, white or white at base with mauve or lilac tip. The fruit is globose, 1.5-3 cm diameter, yellowish-orange to red when ripe, and has numerous black seeds embedded in the pulp; the fruit are eaten and the seeds dispersed by birds.
Medicinal uses: Warning: Unverified information

This species can be helpful in treating digestive problems, including dyspepsia and diarrhea; or used as an astringent and expectorant for nervous conditions and spasms.