Wild Grape
Ampelocissus latifolia
Also known as Jungle angoor, Jungle grave vine
About Wild Grape
Ampelocissus latifolia is a plant in the Vitoideae subfamily of the grape family native to the Indian subcontinent, including Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. It is the type species for the genus of Ampelocissus and was initially treated under its basionym, Vitis latifolia, which was described scientifically in 1824. In 1884, Jules Émile Planchon reclassified the species under the genus Ampelocissus.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ampelocissus latifolia
- Genus
- Ampelocissus
- Family
- VITACEAE
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Near streams in Evergreen forests
- Distribution
- India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- Golinda, कट्टी बेल Katti-bel, पानी बेल Pani-bel
- Nepali
- पुरेनी Purenee
- Bengali
- Gowalia-lata, গোয়ালিয়া লতা
- Tamil
- kattukodimindri, காட்டு திராட்சை
- Telugu
- adavi draksha, adavi teega draksha, bedasa tivva
- Kannada
- bilee hambu, kaadu drakshi
- Malayalam
- vllia-pira-piticha, വള്ളിമാങ്ങ
- Marathi
- okela, nadena, रान द्राक्ष ran draksha
Vitaceae
Grape family
Wild Grape belongs to the Vitaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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