Vitis menghaiensis is a species of
climbing vine in the
grape family native to
China. It is found in mixed
forests around 1500–1600 meters above sea-level. It flowers in May, and male flowers have non-functioning
ovaries.[1]
In
Chinese it is known as meng hai pu tao, or Menghai grape. It is named for
Menghai [courageous sea] county in
Yunnan.[1] This is also the derivation for the epithet menghaiensis. In Chinese pu tao means "grape".
References
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abc A formal description of this species was first published in Chin. J. Appl. Environ. Biol. 2: 250. in 1996.
"Vitis menghaiensis". Flora of China. eFloras. Retrieved May 12, 2010.