Vitis tiliifolia
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| Caribbean grape | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Vitales |
| Family: | Vitaceae |
| Genus: | Vitis |
| Species: | V. tiliifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Vitis tiliifolia Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult. [1] | |
| Synonyms | |
Vitis tiliifolia is a New World liana in the grape family commonly known as Caribbean grape.[1] Other names include West Indian grape,[2] water vine, and (in Belizean Creole) water tie-tie and water-wise.[3]
Distribution
Vitis tiliifolia is found throughout most of Mexico (including Baja Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Veracruz and Yucatán states) and in many other countries in the Americas and the Caribbean (Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands).[1]
Uses
Vitis tiliifolia is grown as a forest crop in Mayan agriculture, and is used for food or drink, or as an ingredient in medicines.[3]
Pests
Vitis tiliifolia may have some resistance to Pierce's disease (PD) which afflicts many commercial grape species; it has exhibited atypical symptoms despite harboring high populations of the plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa, which causes PD.[4]
References
- 1 2 3 4 The original description of V. tiliifolia is found in Syst. veg. 5:320. 1819 GRIN (March 29, 2010). "Vitis tiliifolia information from NPGS/GRIN". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Retrieved April 20, 2010.
- ↑ "Vitis tiliifolia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
- 1 2 Waight, Marlyn (July 6, 2009). "Plant List". Forest Garden Database. Exploring Solutions Past: The Mayan Forest Alliance; El Pilar Maya Forest Garden Network. Retrieved April 20, 2010.
- ↑ Xiang Yang Shi, C. Korsi Dumenyo, Rufina Hernandez-Martinez, Hamid Azad and Donald A. Cooksey (Nov 2007). "Characterization of Regulatory Pathways in Xylella fastidiosa: Genes and Phenotypes Controlled by algU". Applied and Environmental Microbiology (American Society for Microbiology) 73 (21): 6748–6756. doi:10.1128/AEM.01232-07. PMC 2074953. PMID 17827317. Retrieved April 20, 2010.
External links
- Interactive plant pictures and distribution
map of Vitis tiliifolia at discoverlife.org - Photo of a living V. tiliifolia showing mostly leaves'
undersides from Wheaton College in Norton, MA
