New Zealand Passion Vine (Kohia)

Passiflora tetrandra, known as Kohia or New Zealand Passion Vine, is our only native passion flower species. This vigorous climber produces fragrant greenish-white flowers and distinctive orange fruits that split to reveal black seeds in bright red arils. An important food source for native birds, this forest vine can climb to the canopy of tall trees and was traditionally used by Māori for its strong, flexible stems.