Vitis wuhanensis (known locally as wu han pu tao, meaning Wuhan grape[1]) is a
tropical or sub-tropical,
polygamo-dioecious species of
liana in the
grape family native to the
Chinese provinces of
Henan (far south, near
Xinyang),
Hubei and
Jiangxi, found in valleys and along hillsides, in
forests or
shrublands, at elevations from 300 up to 700 meters. It flowers in April and May (male
flowers have abortive
gynoecia), and bears globular
berries (6–7 mm. diam.) as early as May, and as late as July.[1]
The specimen that was later to be named V. b. var. arachnoidea was collected from Jiangxi province in the vicinity of
Pingxiang. The elevation was somewhere between 300 and 700 meters.