Corky Passionfruit and Dietes

Another weed with edible fruit is Corky passionfruit  - however it is a very nondescript flavour, unlike the Stinking passionfruit which is quite sweet.
Indeed, I would almost suggest not bothering with this one unless there was no other options around!

binomial name : Passiflora suberosa
common name : corky passionfruit

This plant is a perennial vine that climbs on other vegetation up to about 6m high. The lower stems have a corky appearance -thus the common name. The leaves are three lobed up to about 10cm and it has globe shaped fruit 1-1.5cm diameter. The fruit is green and turns dark purple/black when ripe.
A butterfly called the Glasswing feeds on this plant :

http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_nymphs/Glasswing.htm

I have noticed this butterfly around in the past on our property.

Pubmed - nil of interest

The Dietes have been flowering profusely this past week. We have 2 types and 1 cultivar.  It is a tough strappy plant a little like Lomandra but with more prominent and colouful flowers.  Dietes robinsoniana is one we do not have, but I will definitely get if I come across it sometime

Dietes iridiodes

Dietes bicolor