Hairy Wild Grape
Ampelocissus tomentosa
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand & more
- Flowering
- April-November
How to identify Hairy Wild Grape
Identify Hairy Wild Grape by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climbing shrub habit.
- Confirm leaf type: Simple (single blade).
- Confirm leaf surface: Tomentose (woolly, matted hairs).
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: April-November.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Vitaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Hairy Wild Grape.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ampelocissus tomentosa
- Genus
- Ampelocissus
- Family
- Vitaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- April-November
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Simple (single blade)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Tomentose (woolly, matted hairs)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Hairy Wild Grape itself; the rest are typical of the Vitaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Typical of the Vitaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
About Hairy Wild Grape
Hairy Wild Grape (Ampelocissus tomentosa) belongs to the Vitaceae family, where it grows as a climbing shrub. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand and 3 other states. It grows in semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from April to November.
Vitaceae
Grape family
Hairy Wild Grape belongs to the Vitaceae family.
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