Ampelocissus barbata — Edible Plant Database

What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The ripe fruit are eaten, particularly favored by children.

Where to Find It

A tropical plant. It grows in forests in the Chittagong hills in Bangladesh. It grows at 1,200 m above sea level in Sikkim.

Andamans, Asia, Bangladesh, Himalayas, India, Myanmar, Northeastern India, SE Asia, Sikkim,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

How to Identify

A large climbing vine. The flower stalks have tendrils. The branches have long dark hairs. The leaves are 20-30 cm long and oval or heart shaped. There are teeth along the edge. The flowers are small and without stalks. They are in large open groups. The fruit is 1-2 cm across and black when ripe.

Wikipedia

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Ampelocissus barbata is a species of liana in the grape family Vitaceae. It was originally described from Sylhet (now in Bangladesh) by Nathaniel Wallich and placed in the genus Vitis. The species was moved to Ampelocissus by Jules Émile Planchon in 1884.

Other Information

The ripe fruit are especially eaten by children.

Notes

There are about 95 Ampelocissus species.

Names & Synonyms

Chin-baung-hmwe-sok, Dang gyai, Jangli angur, Jarila laha, Jarila-lahari, Kana lak ma, Koissang, Mikrum-rik, Yin-naung-nwe

Vitis barbata Wall.

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Wild edible plants of Himachal Pradesh