Vitis champinii

Planch.

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit can be eaten fresh.

This plant can be confused with the following toxic species. Always verify identification carefully before consuming any wild plant.

DEADLY

Canadian Moonseed

Menispermum canadense

SAFE

Vitis champinii

Canadian Moonseed: No tendrils, single crescent/moon-shaped seed, leaf stem attaches to underside of leaf.

Vitis champinii: Vine with tendrils, round seeds, leaf stem at edge of leaf, bark that peels.

It is a temperate plant.

North America, USA,

Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, St Vincent

A temperate vine in the grape family (Vitaceae) that produces very large fruit. It is a natural hybrid species.

Names & Synonyms

natural hybrid, possibly Vitis mustangensis & Vitis rupestris

References (3)

Facciola, S., 1998, Cornucopia 2: a Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, p 245
Uphof,
Vigne Amer. Vitic. Eur. 6:22. 1882