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===Vegetative characteristics=== ''Passiflora caerulea'' is a woody vine capable of growing to {{convert|25|m|ft}} high where supporting [[tree]]s are available.<ref name = "keys">{{cite web |title=Factsheet - Passiflora caerulea (Blue Passionflower) |url=https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/eafrinet/weeds/key/weeds/Media/Html/Passiflora_caerulea_(Blue_Passionflower).htm |website=keys.lucidcentral.org |access-date=14 August 2018}}</ref> The [[leaf|leaves]] are alternate, palmately five-lobed (sometimes three, seven, or nine lobes), and are up to {{convert|10|cm|in}} in length while being linear-oblong shaped.<ref name = "PIER">{{cite web |title=Passiflora caerulea: info from PIER (PIER species info) |url=http://www.hear.org/pier/species/passiflora_caerulea.htm |website=www.hear.org |publisher=Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER) |access-date=14 August 2018}}</ref> The base of each leaf has a flagellate-twining tendril {{convert|5|β|10|cm|in}} long, which twines around supporting vegetation to hold the plant up.<ref name = "keys"/>
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