About Fox Grape
Causonis trifolia commonly known as bush grape, fox-grape, three-leaved wild vine or threeleaf cayratia is a species of plant native to regions from India, through Southeast Asia to Australia and the western Pacific Ocean. It is a vine with a stem diameter up to 7 cm (2.8 in), trifoliate leaves and blackish berries. Its leaves contain several flavonoids, such as cyanidin and delphinidin. Hydrocyanic acid is present in the stem, leaves and roots.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cayratia trifolia
- Genus
- Cayratia
- Family
- VITACEAE
- Habit
- Climber
- Native to
- Indo-China, Sri Lanka
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, China, Malay peninsula, Myanmar, Indo-China, Malesia
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-November
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Bengali
- অমল লতা
- Tamil
- காட்டுப்பிரண்டை
- Malayalam
- കാട്ടുപെരണ്ട
Vitaceae
Grape family
Fox Grape belongs to the Vitaceae family.
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