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NAME: Porcelain Berry Vine
SPECIES / FAMILY: Ampelopsis Brevipedunculata / Vitaceae
OTHER COMMON NAME(S):
CONDITIONS:
sun/partial shade
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TASTE |
RAW/COOK |
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Leaves |
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RAW/COOK |
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Stalk/Stem |
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RAW/COOK |
Summer |
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Flowers |
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Fruits |
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milky |
RAW/COOK |
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PORTION: small
COMMENT: There's not much information on Porcelain Berries even though they are everywhere! The berries I tasted were pretty bland, but must admit that I don't have much experience with them or the leaves. But since it is so abundant, we should really all get to know how to use this vine in every way possible. // Related to grapes. Leaf buds, 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)
LOOK-A-LIKES:
POISONOUS LOOK-A-LIKES:
OTHER USES: Basketry, although I haven't seen much online references for their use.
SOURCE LINKS (may include nutritional and medicinal info, plus other uses):
- https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Ampelopsis+brevipedunculata
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampelopsis_glandulosa_var._brevipedunculata
- https://iupilon.com/can-you-eat-porcelain-berry
- https://www.healthbenefitstimes.com/porcelain-berry
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_JqbEWkLCQ (Unlike the host of this video, I would not taste more than one berry or small leaf at a time, and then wait a day.)