Yamabudo (wild grape) - Yamabudo (English spelling) Vitis coignetiae

Japanese: ヤマブドウ(山葡萄) - ヤマブドウ（英語表記）Vitis coignetiae

A deciduous climbing plant of the Vitaceae family. It is commonly found in mountainous areas throughout Japan except Kyushu, and is particularly common in beech forests. The stems are long and thick, dark brown, and tendrils that wrap around other trees. The leaves are pentagonal and circular, 10-30 cm in diameter, and deeply heart-shaped at the base, growing opposite the tendrils. The undersides are densely covered with reddish-brown, curly hairs. In June, the plant produces large panicles that grow opposite the leaves, and often has a single tendril at the bottom of the inflorescence. The flowers are small, yellow-green, with ring-shaped calyxes, and the petals are fused at the tips and separate at the bottom, and detach from the flower bed after flowering. The berries are spherical, less than 1 cm in diameter, and ripen to a black-purple color. They are edible, although they have a sour taste.

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Japanese:

ブドウ科の落葉つる植物。九州を除く日本各地の山地に普通にみられ，特にブナ帯林の中に多い。茎は長く太く，濃い褐色をしていて巻きひげで他の樹木にからむ。葉はこの巻きひげと向い合ってつき，五角状の円形で径 10～30cm，基部は深い心臓形をなす。下面に赤褐色のちぢれた毛が密生する。6月頃，葉に対生する大きな円錐花序をつけ，花序の下方には1個の巻きひげがつくことが多い。花は小さく，黄緑色で萼は輪形，花弁は先端が合着し，下方は離れ，花が終ると花床から脱離する。液果は径 1cm弱の球形で黒紫色に熟する。酸味はあるが食べられる。

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