Rambusa or senthiet or stinking passionflower (Passiflora foetida) is a species of plant in the Passifloraceae, herbaceous creeping or climbing, pungent smell, fruit covered by enlarged flower petals, grows to a length of 5 meters, the stem is cylindrical and has white hairs.
P. foetida have single leaf with 1-3 cm stalk and long hair. Strands ovate, 6 cm wide, 6 cm long, three pointed corners, heart-shaped leaf base, may be flat or not deep toothed.
Additional flowers and petals are bandage leaves with 3 strands, sharing a double pinnate with a woven thread-like crown, 1-3 cm. The calyx tube is wide bell-shaped. The corolla and corolla extend up to 2.5 cm, bright white and often with purple in the center. Stalks at the base and attached. The pistil stalk is in the shape of a mace with 3 items.
The berries are covered by a bandage leaf, oval in shape, 1.5-2 cm long, green or yellow when ripe, white-haired surface and have many seeds.
This species grows with other herbs and shrubs in gardens, fields, dry rice fields, sand beaches, roadsides, forest edges and parts of the forest that are open and receive the sun's rays.
This plant contains flavonoids, glycosides, alkaloids, phenols, steroids, tannins, phytosterols, cyanogenic glycosides, anthraquinones, saponins, cardiac glycosides, passifloricins, α-pyrones and vitexin.
The fruit has a sweet taste, but the young fruit is poisonous. Young leaves are sometimes used as vegetables. Traditional medicine to increase female fertility, antidote for snake bites, treat sleep disorders, coughs and colds, heal wounds, antimicrobial, treat colds, deworm and improve urine flow.
TAXON
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Passifloraceae
Subfamily: Passifloroideae
Tribe: Passifloreae
Genus: Passiflora L. in Sp. Pl.: 955 (1753)
Subgenus: Passiflora
Section: Dysosmia
Complex: Passiflora foetida
Species: Passiflora foetida L. in Sp. Pl.: 959 (1753)
Variety: Passiflora foetida var. acapulcensis Killip, Passiflora foetida var. foetida, Passiflora foetida var. hirsuta Mast., Passiflora foetida var. nigelliflora (Hook.) Mast. Passiflora foetida var. tepicana Killip
HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS
Dysosmia foetida (L.) M.Roem. in Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 149 (1846)
Granadilla foetida (L.) Gaertn. in Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 289 (1788)
Tripsilina foetida (L.) Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 4: 103 (1838)
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VERNACULAR NAME
Aceh: Pacean, Gegombo
Bengali: ঝুমকা লাটো Jhumakā lāṭō
Burmese: ကျောက်ပန်း Kyawwatpaann
Chinese (simplified): 龙珠果 - 毛西番莲
Chinese (traditional): 毛西番蓮 - 龍珠果 - 台南毛西番蓮
Danish: Gul passionsfrugt
Dayak Maanyan: Kalengkemut
English: Stinking passionflower, Love-in-a-mist passionflower, Corona de Cristo, Running pop, Wild passion fruit, Mossy passionflower, Love-In-A-Mist, Stinking granadilla, Wild water lemon
Filipino: Kurunggut, Masaflora, Taungon
Finnish: Haisupassio
French: Passiflore fétide
Hawaiian: lani wai
Hindi: झुमका लता Jhumaka lata
Indonesia: Rambusa, Permot, Markisa Hutan
Japanese: クサトケイソウ
Java: Rambusa, Gambutan, Ceplukan blungsun, Senthiet, Nyomlang
Kannada: Kukkiballi, Kukke-balli
Khmer: ផ្កាថ្ម Phkath
Lampung: Remugak
Lao: ດອກໄມ້ຫີນ Dokmai hin
Malayalam: Chirranchantiya, Poochapalam, Poochapazham, Poodappazham, Ammummapazham, Bonchikkaya, Chadayan
Malaysia: Timun dendang, Timun padang, Timun hutan
Manipuri: Lam Radhika nachom
Marathi: Vel-ghani
Melayu: Timun dendang, Timun padang
Minangkabau: Kambuik kambuik
Mizo: Ram-sapthei, Sapthei-suak
Oria: Bisripi
Palembang: Lemanas
Pastho: جهمکا لتا Jjumka lata
Portuguese: Maracujá-de-cheiro, Maracujá-do-mato, Maracujá-de-estalo
Russian: Страстоцвет вонючий
Sinhala: ජුම්කා ලතා Jumkā latā
Spanish: Caguasa, Maracuyá silvestre, Corona de Cristo, Jujito peludo
Sunda: Permot, Cermot, Rajutan, Kaceprek, Ki leuleu’eur
Tamil: ஜும்கா லதா - மொசுக்கட்டான் - சிறுப்புனைக்கலி - சிறு புனை-க்-களி - புனைபிடுக்கு - முப்பரிசவல்லி Jumkā latā, Mocukkaṭṭāṉ, Ciṟuppuṉaikkali, Ciṟu puṉai-k-kaḷi, Puṉaipiṭukku, Mupparicavalli
Telugu: Tellajumiki, Adavimotala, Gujeteega
Thai: กะทกรก
Urdu: جھمکا لتا Jhamka lata
Vietnam: lac tiên
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