Ampelopsis glandulosa
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Synonyms
- Vitis glandulosa Wall.
Editorial Note
Bean treated Ampelopsis glandulosa var. brevipedunculata at species rank.
var. brevipedunculata (Maxim.) Moniy.
Synonyms
Ampelopsis heterophylla var. amurensis Planch.
Cissus brevipedunculata Maxim.
Ampelopsis brevipedunculata (Maxim.) Trautv.
Editorial Note
Bean treated this variety at species rank. One of the synonyms given (Vitis heterophylla var. cordata Reg.) is now referred to var. heterophylla.
A vigorous climber with roughly hairy young shoots. Leaves distinctly three; rarely five-lobed, the side lobes spreading and pointed; heart-shaped at the base; 2 to 6 in. long and wide, coarsely toothed, the teeth rounded, but ending in a minute abrupt point (mucro); dark green above with scattered short hairs at first; bristly hairy beneath; stalk from three-fourths to as long as the blade, very hairy, especially at first. Inflorescence hairy, once or twice forked, each fork terminated by a cymose flower-cluster. Fruit 1⁄4 to 1⁄3 in. across, amethyst blue.
'Elegans'
Leaves handsomely splashed with pink and white, and the young shoots pink. It is too delicate to thrive away from a wall. Introduced by Siebold before 1847.
var. heterophylla (Thunb.) Momiy.
Synonyms
Vitis heterophylla Thunb.
Vitis heterophylla var. maximowiczii Regel
Ampelopsis heterophylla (Thunb.) Siebold & Zucc., not Blume
Ampelopsis brevipedunculata var. maximowiczii (Regel) Rehder
Editorial Note
Bean treated this variety as Ampelopsis brevipedunculata var. maximowiczii.
This chiefly differs from the type in having the leaves beneath and the branchlets glabrous or only slightly downy when young. As seen in cultivation this variety (better known as Vitis heterophylla) is remarkable for the great variation in leaf-shape shown even by a single plant; sometimes the leaves are broadly heart-shaped and not lobed at all, sometimes slightly three-lobed, sometimes deeply three- or five-lobed. Bot. Mag., t. 5682.
The great beauty of these vines is in their blue fruits, and these are only produced when the plant is fully exposed to the sun. The best results, with either of the cultivated forms, are obtained by planting it against a south wall, where it has a rather restricted root run. Reintroduced to Kew in 1982 from the island of Ullung-do off the east coast of South Korea (B.E. & C. 94).
'Citrulloides'
Leaves deeply five-lobed, the central lobe narrowed near the middle and the base. In cultivation 1875. Although described from a cultivated plant, this variant occurs in the wild in Japan, Korea and China (Ampelopsis glandulosa f. citrulloides (Lebas) Momiy.).