Grape
Vitis vinifera
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A deciduous climbing shrub native to western Asia. The fruit is consumed fresh, as wine, and as juice, making it one of the world's most important fruit crops. In Japan, traditional cultivars such as Koshu grape are also grown.
Identification Points
- βClimbing vine that clings to supports with tendrils
- βLeaves are large, palmately shallowly to deeply lobed
- βFruit is spherical to elliptical berries hanging in clusters
Habitat
Vineyards, gardens, and fences
Season
AugustβOctober (fruit)
3D Specimen Model
Kyushu University, Shikano Lab (CC0)
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Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Leaf type
Simple
Venation
Pinnate
Leaf dissection
Dissected
Leaf shape
Round
Growth form
Vine
Evergreen/Deciduous
Deciduous
Petal count
5 petals
Petal fusion
Free
Habitat
Cultivated
Stipules
Present
Flower symmetry
Actinomorphic
Ovary position
Superior
Phylogenetic Positionγγγ¦η§ β
Phylogenetic Position
Angiosperms > Eudicots > Core eudicots > Rosids > Vitales > Vitaceae
Divergence Era
Late Cretaceous (approx. 90β85 million years ago)
Evolution Notes
The grape family evolved a climbing habit using tendrils, a strategy for reaching high positions along forest edges and within forests.
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