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NAME: Porcelain Berry Vine
SPECIES / FAMILY: Ampelopsis Brevipedunculata / Vitaceae
OTHER COMMON NAME(S):
CONDITIONS: sun/partial shade
PARTS:
EDIBLE
TASTE
RAW/COOK
SEASON
All
Shoots
Leaves
RAW/COOK
Summer
Stalk/Stem
RAW/COOK
Summer
Buds
Flowers
Fruits
milky
RAW/COOK
Sep/Oct
Pods
Seeds
Nuts
Roots
Bark
PORTION: small
COMMENT: Related to grapes. Leaf buds - cooked. Leaves and stems - cooked. Fruit - raw or cooked, but must be fully soft and ripe, light blue color. The fruit is carried in small bunches like grapes.
CAUTION: Fruit not very palatable if not fully ripe.
NUTRITION/MEDICINAL: Antiphlogistic; Depurative; Febrifuge. The fresh fruits, roots and leaves are antiphlogistic, depurative and febrifuge. Resolves clots. It is used externally in the treatment of boils, abscesses and ulcers, traumatic bruises and aches.(1)
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OTHER USES: basketry
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