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Old 11-12-2011, 03:00 PM
 
Location: Maui County, HI
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It's a vine with a red fruit that grows within a "basket" of green tendrils. Very strange looking. I've only ever seen it growing in Lahaina.

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Old 11-12-2011, 08:10 PM
 
Location: Maui County, HI
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My biologist friend figured it out. Passiflora foetida - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Passiflora foetida (Common Names: wild maracuja, santo papa,[1] marya-marya, wild water lemon,[2] stinking passionflower,[2] love-in-a-mist or running pop[2]) is a species of passion flower that is native to the southwestern United States (southern Texas and Arizona), Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and much of South America. It has been introduced to tropical regions around the world,[2] such as Southeast Asia and Hawaii.[3] It is a creeping vine like other members of the genus, and yields an edible fruit.[4] The specific epithet, foetida, means "stinking" in Latin and refers to the strong aroma emitted by damaged foliage.[5]
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Old 11-12-2011, 08:21 PM
 
Location: Maui County, HI
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The tendrils around the fruits and flowers are to trap insects. It releases digestive enzymes but doesn't absorb the nutrients so it's "protocarnivorous"
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Old 11-12-2011, 08:21 PM
 
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I was going to suggest it was related to Audrey



the man-eating plant from Little Shop of Horrors
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Old 11-12-2011, 10:12 PM
 
Location: Moku Nui, Hawaii
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That is a seriously odd plant! I'll go along with Nullgeo and figure it as a relative of Audrey's!

It's supposed to be edible, Winkomosis, have you tried one yet?
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Old 11-13-2011, 02:55 AM
 
Location: Maui County, HI
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Nope, not sure I want to. I don't trust a carnivorous plant
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Old 11-13-2011, 06:05 AM
 
Location: Hawaii
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When I first saw it thought passion fruit vine of some sort. I've never seen one like that. Have you ever smelled or eaten the fruit?
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Old 11-13-2011, 06:21 AM
 
Location: Northwest England
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I'd agree with some sort of passion fruit the leaves and the fruit look like them.
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Old 11-14-2011, 06:09 PM
 
Location: Maui County, HI
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Yeah, it's a type of passionfruit
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