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Ampelocissus acetosa

Botanic Family

Vitaceae

Author

(F. Mueller) Planchon

Common Names

• Australian Grape
• Wild Grape

Geographical Habitats

• Northern territory
• Queensland
• Western Australia - Australia
• New Guinea - Papua New Guinea

Natural Habitats

• Savanna forest
• rain forest
• coastal savanna
• riverside
• woodland
• scrubland
• wetlands

Flowering Times

• Sep-Mart (Australia) Jan (New Guinea)

Fruiting Times

• Apr (New Guinea)

Tendril climber or creeper with purplish stems. Leaves to 130mm x 80mm. Panicles of reddish-brown flowers, purpleish to pink or red petals to 1.5mm long. Black fruit to 12mm x 10mm.

Edible fruit

Further References

• Sturtevant 1919
• Mobot
• APNI
• JAA
• The Plant List 2
• Lucid Key Server