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Vitis vinifera

Botanic Family

Vitaceae

Author

Linnaeus

Common Names

• Common Grape
• Wine Grape
• European Grape
• Angur (Nepali
• India)
• Dakh (Nepali
• Newari) Rgun-brum (Tibetan)
• Pu tao (Pinyin)
• Grapevine
• Sa-pyit (Myanmar)
• Uva (Ecuador)

Geographical Habitats

• SW Asia
• S Europe India

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

• Mar to Apr
• Apr-May (China) Early to mid-summer

Fruiting Times

• Aug to Oct
• Aug-Sep (China)

Woody vigorous deciduous tendril liana with bifid tendrils, ridged branchlets & 3-5 lobed simple leaves & fragrant 2.5mm yellowish flowers in leaf-opposed panicles, fruit a blue, green or red berry to 23mm diameter

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Bean 1950
• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• van der Spuy 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Manandhar 2002
• FOC
• FONZ
• GWC 1997
• Mobot
• The Plant List
• MPSL
• USNH
• Mendoza