Vitis L., Sp. Pl. 202. 1753; Gen. Pl. ed. 5. 95. 1754; Bentham & Hook. f., Gen. Pl. 1: 387. 1862; Lawson in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 1: 645. 1875; Collett, Fl. Siml. ed. 2. 93. 1921; Parker, For. Fl. Punj. ed. 2. 93. 1924; Fl. China @ eFloras.org 12: 210; Fl. Pak. @ eFloras.org p. 4.

Lianas, deciduous or evergreen, climbing by branched tendrils. Leaves simple, often lobed, sometimes palmately compound. Stipules usually caducous. Inflorescence a thyrse, leaf-opposed. Flowers 5-merous, pedicellate, polygamous, dioecious, rarely bisexual. Calyx saucer-shaped, calyx lobes minute. Petals united at apex and shed as a cap (calyptra) at anthesis. Stamens 5(-7), inserted at the base of hypogynous disc, opposite to petals, disc usually lobed. Pistil 1; ovary 2-locular, loculi 2-ovulate; style slender; stigma slightly expanded. Berry ovoid or globose, pulpy, usually edible, 2-4-seeded.

81 species

Vitis vinifera L., Sp. Pl. 202. 1753; DC., Prodr. 1: 633. 1824; Boiss., Fl. Or. 1: 955.1867; Talbot, For. Fl. Bomb. Pres.& Sind 1: 316. 1911; Parker, For. Fl. Punj. ed. 2. 95. 1924; Bamber, Pl. Punj. 595. 1916; Fl. China @ eFloras.org 12: 219; Nazim. & Qaiser, Fl. Pak. @ eFloras.org p. 5; Fl. North Amer. @ eFloras.org vol. 12.

A large liana climbing by tendrils. Main stem stout, branches terete, +/- glabrous. Tendrils leaf-opposed, branched. Stipules caducous. Leaves simple; petiole 4-9 cm long, glabrous; leaf blade oval or suborbicular, up to 18 cm x 15 cm, 3-5 lobed, base deeply cordate, notch rounded, margin irregularly dentate, teeth large and sharp, apex acuminate, +/- glabrous. Inflorescence a thyrse, 10-15 cm long, opposite to leaves; peduncle ca. 3 cm long. Flowers inconspicuous, radially symmetric, bisexual, pentamerous, 2-3 mm x ca. 1 mm. Pedicels ca. 2 mm long, glabrous. Calyx shallowly cupulate, green, ca. 0.3-0.4 mm long, lobes 5, minute. Petals 5, dirty white/ white with brownish tinge, 2-3 mm long, united at apex and shed as a cap (calyptra) at anthesis. Stamens 5, inserted at base of hypogynous disc, opposite to petals; filaments filiform, ca. 2 mm long; anthers yellow, oval, 0.5-0.8 mm x 0.3-0.4 mm. Disc annular, lobed. Pistil 1; ovary oval to subglobose, ca. 2 mm long, green, bilocular, 2 ovules per loculus; style short; stigma expanded.

Berry globose to elliptic, very much variable in size, shape and colour.

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