Vitis chungii Metcalf

Plants polygamo-dioecious. Branchlets terete, with longitudinal ridges, glabrous; tendrils bifurcate. Leaves simple; stipules brownish, lanceolate, 2.5-3 × 1-1.2 mm, membranous, glabrous, caducous; petiole 1-3.5 cm, glabrous; leaf blade ovate-elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, 4-15 × 2-8 cm, abaxially glabrous, glaucous, basal veins 3, lateral veins 4 or 5 pairs, veinlets raised, glabrous, base truncate, rounded, or subrounded, rarely subcordate, margin sparsely 7-9-toothed on each side, teeth sharp, apex acuminate or caudate, rarely acute. Panicles leaf-opposed, terete, 3.5-10 cm, basal branches poorly developed; peduncle 1.5-2.5 cm, pubescent when young, then glabrescent. Pedicel 1-2.5 mm, glabrous. Buds obovoid, 1-1.4 mm, apex rounded. Calyx entire. Filaments filiform, 0.8-1.2 mm; anthers yellow, elliptic, 0.4-0.5 mm. Ovary oval; style short; stigma expanded. Berry purple-red at maturity, globose, 8-10 mm in diam. Seeds obelliptic, apex rounded, chalazal knot elliptic, ventral holes obelliptic, furrowed upward 3/4 from base.

Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi.

● Forests in valleys, shrublands, hillsides; 200-1000 m.

Vitis chungii is a polygamo-dioecious species of wild grape native to China (in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Jiangxi provinces) where it is known by the name min gan pu tao, or Fujian Jianxi grape. It is a forest inhabitant, 200–1000 meters above sea-level, on hillsides, in valleys, or other areas having wild, shrubby growth. It bears globular, ruddy-purple berries, 8–10 mm in diameter.