Vitis pentagona (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Vitis pentagona Diels & Gilg

Family: Vitaceae

Vernacular names

• Cambodia: tra det
• Vietnam: nhotiá, tiên dó.

Distribution

China, Indo-China.

Uses

Fruit is edible, giving a bad wine but a good vinegar.

Observations

• Climbing vine with interrupted tendrils and long-petioled simple leaves.
• Fruit a globose berry, 1 cm diameter, bluish-black.

Flowering in May-June, fruiting in September.

Selected sources

• Lecomte, M.H. & Gagnepain, F. (Editors), 1907-1950. Flore générale de l'Indo-Chine. 7 Volumes and supplements. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.

Authors

P.C.M. Jansen, J. Jukema, L.P.A. Oyen, T.G. van Lingen