Vitis hui

Mount Lushan grape
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Vitales
Family: Vitaceae
Genus: Vitis
Species: V. hui
Binomial name
Vitis hui
W.C.Cheng [1]

Vitis hui is a species of plant in the grape family. It is native to Jiangxi and Zhejiang provinces in China, where it is called lu shan pu tao, meaning Mount Lushan grape.[2] It grows in temperate climes, at elevations between 100–200 meters in shrublands and along the edges of open meadows.[1]

V. hui flowers in May, bearing its fruit in July. It forms non-functional ovaries in male flowers.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c  In: Contr. Biol. Lab. Sci. Soc. China, Bot. Ser. 10: 77. 1935."Vitis hui". Flora of China. eFloras. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242354884. Retrieved April 21, 2010. 
  2. ^ Ibid. FOC page read through Skweezer translate (Chinese to English)