Vitis menghaiensis

Menghai grape
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Vitales
Family:	Vitaceae
Genus:	Vitis
Species:	V. menghaiensis
Binomial name
Vitis menghaiensis C.L.Li[1]

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.^[2] This is also the derivation for the epithet menghaiensis. In Chinese pu tao means "grape".

References

1. ^ ^{a b}  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. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242354905. Retrieved May 12, 2010. 
2. ^ Ibid. FOC page read through Skweezer translate (Chinese to English)