Wine Grape
Vitis vinifera
- Found in India
- Jammu & Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh & more
How to identify Wine Grape
Identify Wine Grape by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Cultivated wine/table grape.
- Confirm leaf arrangement: Alternate.
- Confirm leaf type: Simple (single blade).
- In India, compare location records such as Jammu & Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Vitaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Wine Grape.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Vitis vinifera
- Genus
- Vitis
- Family
- Vitaceae
- Found in India
- Jammu & Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- AlternaterecordedOne leaf per node, arranged in a spiral or zigzag up the stem.“Having a flaky bark, its leaves are alternate, palmately lobed, deciduous, with three to five pointed lobes, coarsely prickly-toothed leaf margins and a heart-shaped foot, 5–20 cm ” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf type
- Simple (single blade)recorded
- Leaf shape
- CordaterecordedHeart-shaped, with a notch at the base.“Having a flaky bark, its leaves are alternate, palmately lobed, deciduous, with three to five pointed lobes, coarsely prickly-toothed leaf margins and a heart-shaped foot, 5–20 cm ” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf margin
- ToothedrecordedA saw-like or jagged edge (serrate or dentate).“Having a flaky bark, its leaves are alternate, palmately lobed, deciduous, with three to five pointed lobes, coarsely prickly-toothed leaf margins and a heart-shaped foot, 5–20 cm ” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Wine 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.
Local Names
- Tamil
- திராட்சை
- Telugu
- ద్రాక్ష
- Sinhala
- මිදි
About Wine Grape
Wine grape (Vitis vinifera) is a species in the Vitaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Jammu & Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and 6 other states.
Uses
It is grown for parts that are eaten, long used in traditional medicine and planted as an ornamental. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
In culture
It is treated as sacred and appears in worship and is used as an official or regional emblem.
Vitaceae
Grape family
Wine Grape belongs to the Vitaceae family.
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