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Vitis rotundifolia

Botanic Family

Vitaceae

Author

Michaux

Common Names

• Bullace
• Fox Grape
• Muscadine Grape
• Scuppernong Grape
• Bullace Grape
• Southern Fox Grape
• Bullet
• Bull

Geographical Habitats

• SE. U.S.A. Alabama
• Arkansas
• Delaware
• Florida
• Georgia
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Maryland
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• North Carolina
• Oklahoma
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Virginia
• West Virginia - USA
• Mexico

Natural Habitats

• Woodland
• thickets
• creekside
• swamps.

Flowering Times

• Early to mid-summer Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun

Fruiting Times

• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct

Woody vine to 30m, simple tendrils, lenticellate stems with aerial roots. Leathery glabrous toothed leaves to 90mm+ diameter. Panicles, racemes or umbelets of greenish flowers, staminate panicles longer than pistillate panicles. 25mm diameter dull purple fruit with pleasant musky flavour

Further References

• Sturtevant 1919
• Rehder 1934
• Bean 1950
• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• Huxley 1992
• GWC 1997
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• USDA
• JAA
• FOSEUS
• Gleason & Moldenke