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3. Ampelocissus barbata (Wall.) Planch.wfo-0000531468

in A.DC. & C.DC., Monogr. Phan. 5 (2): 372. 1887; Gagnep., Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 24: 22. 1911; in Lecomte Fl. Indo-Chine 1: 993. 1912; Craib, Fl. Siam. 1: 303. 1926; Suess., Nat. Pflanzenfam. 20d: 35. 1953; Momiy. in H.Hara, Fl. E. Himalaya 2: 78. 1971; D.G.Long & Rae, Fl. Bhutan 2(1): 151. 1991; B.V.Shetty & P.Singh, Fl. Ind. 5: 251. 2000; W.J.Kress et al., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 45: 393. 2003; Trias-Blasi, Fl. Nepal Vitaceae: Webedition 1. 2017.— Vitis barbata Wall. in Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 478. 1824; M.A.Lawson in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 651. 1875; Kurz, Forest Fl. Burma 1: 276. 1877.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Description : Woody climber. Stem erect, cylindrical to 1 cm diam., slightly ridged, hairy with 2 types of hairs: pale arachnoid hairs and dark erect glandular hairs, 1–4 mm long, branched; tendrils bifurcate, borne beside inflorescence at tip of a common peduncle, tendrils peduncle straight 60–140 by 1.5–3 mm, then bifurcating and each branch 7–15 cm long, hairy with 3 types of hairs: 2 hair types as on stem plus short yellowish-ferruginous papillae 0.1–0.15 mm long. Leaves simple; petiole 60–200 by 1.5–3 mm, densely hairy as stem; leaf blade cordate to reniform, sometimes slightly trilobate, 10–26 by 6–22 cm, base cordate to auriculate, margin dentate with unequal teeth, apex acute to apiculate; adaxial side mostly glabrous with a few scattered arachnoid hairs particularly on veins and few dark erect glandular hairs on veins, abaxial side completely arachnoid with some dark erect glandular hairs and veins protruding, 5(–7) main veins, 4–7 pairs of secondary veins. Inflorescence bearing a tendril, an elongated and lax thyrse, 4–15 cm long, ramified with numerous branches; common peduncle 70–160 by 1–4 mm, primary floral peduncle 20–35 by 2–3 mm, densely hairy with hairs as stem, uppermost axis hairy with arachnoid hairs and papillae, pedicel 0.5–1 mm, papillose. Buds cylindrical to clavate, 1–2 by 1–1.25 mm, apex mostly truncate. Calyx cupuliform, entire, sinuate, 0.4–0.75 by 1–1.5 mm, glabrous to slightly puberulent. Petals 4–5, ovate, 1.25–1.5 by 0.5–0.75 mm, spreading at anthesis, apex cucullate. Stamens 4–5; filaments 0.75–1.25 mm long; anthers elliptic, 0.4–0.6 mm long, medifixed; pollen abundant. Disc with 4–5 vertical ridges, 0.5–1 by 0.5–1 mm, glabrous. Style broadly conical, 0.2–0.3 by 0.2–0.5 mm, glabrous; stigma inconspicuous. Fruit globose, 1–1.2 by 0.9–1 cm, base attenuate. Seeds 3–4, oblong, 6–8 by 3–6 mm, abaxial medial hilum elliptic, adaxial raphe protruding forming 2 sides.

Thailand : SOUTH-WESTERN: Kanchanaburi (Ku-Chae), Prachuap Khiri Khan (Hua Hin, Pa La-u); SOUTH-EASTERN: Trat (Ko Chang); PENINSULAR: Nakhon Si Thammarat (Thung Song), Trang (Tham I-so).

Distribution : Bangladesh/India (lectotype), Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam.

Ecology : Dry evergreen forests, in open forests and in marshy plains, 150–300 m alt. Flowering: March–July; fruiting: July–August.

Uses: The fruits are edible (Shetty & Singh, 2000).