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Ampelopsis delavayana

Botanic Family

Vitaceae

Author

Planchon ex Franchet

Propagation

C.S.

Cultivated

C

Common Names

• San lie she pu tao (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Anhui
• Chongqing
• Fujian
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hainan
• Hubei
• Sichuan
• Yunnan - China
• Mongolia

Natural Habitats

• Woodland
• forest
• shrubland
• montane areas

Flowering Times

• May-Aug (China) Mid to late Summer

Fruiting Times

• Jul-Nov (China)

Woody tendril liana with striate stems, bifid or trifid tendrils. Compound glabrescent leaves 3-5 toothed leaflets, central leaflet to 130mm x 40mm, lateral leaflets to 115mm x 40mm. Leaf-opposed many-flowered corymbs of creamy yellow flowers, petals 2.3mm long. Fruit a blue-black berry to 8mm diameter with a persistent apical style.

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Bean 1950
• Krussmann 1976
• Huxley 1992
• FOC
• GWC 1007
• The Plant List 2
• JAA
• Fedde