Vitis bryoniifolia

Vitis bryoniifolia is a prolific and adaptable, polygamo-dioecious species of climbing vine in the grape family native to China, where it is known as ying yu(Traditional Chinese: 蘡薁 Simplified Chinese: 蘡薁),or hua bei pu tao (Traditional Chinese: 華北葡萄 Simplified Chinese：华北葡萄） (North China grape). The variant form ternata is known as san chu ying yu （Traditional and Simplified Chinese: 三出蘡薁), meaning Three-Spiked-Leafed Ying Yu.^[1]

Vitis bryoniifolia
Male vine flowering
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Vitales
Family:	Vitaceae
Genus:	Vitis
Species:	V. bryoniifolia
Binomial name
Vitis bryoniifolia Bunge[1]
Varieties
V. b. var. bryoniifolia (autonym)[2] V. b. var. ternata (W.T.Wang) C.L.Li[3]
Synonyms
Synonyms for V. b. var. bryoniifolia; Vitis adstricta Hance[4] V. bryoniifolia var. mairei (H.Lév.) W.T.Wang[5] V. bryoniifolia var. multilobata S.Y.Wang & Y.H.Hu[6] V. flexuosa var. mairei H.Lév.[7] V. novisinensis Vassilcz.[8] V. thunbergii var. adstricta (Hance) Gagnep.[9] V. thunbergii var. mairei (H.Lév.) Lauener[10] Synon. for V. b. var. ternata; V. adstricta var. ternata W.T.Wang[3]

Vitis bryoniifolia is found in a wide variety of tree-established habitats including forests and shrublands, or fields and valleys where trees are present, especially along the banks of streams; and can be found both in highlands and low- (100–2500 meters above sea-level). It has a long growing season, flowering from April to August, and bearing its fruit (rosy, plum-colored berries, 5–8 mm. in diameter) from June to October; and also a broad distributional range, being reported from 15 of China's 27 provinces and autonomous regions (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hebei, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan and Zhejiang).^[1] It has long been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine as a laxative.