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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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Shoots |
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Leaves |
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RAW/COOK |
Summer |
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Stalk/Stem |
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RAW/COOK |
Summer |
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Buds |
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Flowers |
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Fruits |
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milky |
RAW/COOK |
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Nuts |
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Roots |
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Bark |
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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
SOURCE LINKS (may include nutritional and medicinal info, plus other uses):