Vitis girdiana

Vitis girdiana

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Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Vitales
Family:Vitaceae
Genus:Vitis
Species: V. girdiana
Binomial name
Vitis girdiana

Vitis girdiana is as species of wild grape known as the desert wild grape and valley grape.[1] It is native to southern California in the United States and to Baja California in Mexico.[1][2][3][4]

Vitis girdiana is a woody vine with a coating of woolly hairs, especially on new growth. The woolly leaves are heart-shaped to kidney-shaped with toothed edges and sometimes shallow lobes. The inflorescence is a panicle of unisexual flowers. The fruit is a spherical black grape usually not more than 8 millimeters wide.[2]

It grows in canyon and streambank habitat in hills and mountains of the region.[2]

Native American groups such as the Kumeyaay and Luiseño used the fruit for food. The Cahuilla used it fresh, cooked, or dried into raisins, and made it into wine.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Vitis girdiana". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 Vitis girdiana. The Jepson Manual.
  3. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. ↑ Calflora taxon report, University of California @ Berkeley
  5. ↑ Vitis girdiana. Native American Ethnobotany. University of Michigan, Dearborn.


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