The Foetid Passion Flower or Stinking Passion Flower (Passiflora foetida), also known as the Wild
Maracuja, Bush passionfruit, Running Pop, Wild Water Lemon and Love-in-a-mist, is a creeping vine
which has an edible fruit and leaves that have a mildly rank aroma. 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. The fruit is globose, 2-3 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.

The bracts of this plant serve as insect traps, but it is as yet unknown whether the plant digests
and gains nourishment from the trapped insects or if it merely uses the bracts as a defensive
mechanism to protect its flowers and fruit. This is still an issue of debate and research among
carnivorous plant enthusiasts.

Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Passifloraceae
Genus: Passiflora
Species: Passiflora foetida

Source: Wikipedia