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NAME: Porcelain Berry Vine

SPECIES / FAMILY:  Ampelopsis Brevipedunculata / Vitaceae

OTHER COMMON NAME(S): 

CONDITIONS: sun/partial shade
 

PARTS:

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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: 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):

  1. https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Ampelopsis+brevipedunculata
  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampelopsis_glandulosa_var._brevipedunculata 
  3. https://iupilon.com/can-you-eat-porcelain-berry
  4. https://www.healthbenefitstimes.com/porcelain-berry
  5. 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.)