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NAME: Riverbank Grape
SPECIES / FAMILY: Vitis Riparia / Vitaceae
OTHER COMMON NAME(S): frost grape
CONDITIONS:
sun/shade, moist soil, edge of woods
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PORTION: medium
COMMENT: Fruit - raw or dried for later use. Juicy and somewhat acid. The taste is best after a frost. Used in jams, drinks, wine, etc.. Leaves - cooked. Young leaves are wrapped around other foods and then baked, they impart a pleasant flavour. Young tendrils - raw or cooked. Sap - raw. A sweet flavour, it is used as a drink. The sap can be harvested in the spring and early summer, though it should not be taken in quantity or it will weaken the plant.(1)
NUTRITION/MEDICINAL:
· https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-472/grape
· https://draxe.com/grapes-nutrition
LOOK-A-LIKES:
POISONOUS LOOK-A-LIKES: Moonseed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menispermum_canadense
OTHER USES: Basketry. Also, “Dye; Rootstock. A yellow dye is obtained from the fresh or dried leaves. The plant is used as a rootstock for the common grape, V. vinifera, especially in areas where phylloxera disease is prevalent.(1)
SOURCE LINKS (may include nutritional and medicinal info, plus other uses):