Vitis flexuosa
{{Short description|Species of grapevine}}
{{speciesbox
|name = Creeping grape
|image = Vitis-flexuosa-habit.jpg
|image_caption = Creeping grape leaves on vines
|genus = Vitis
|species = flexuosa
|authority = Thunb. Species was first published in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 2:332. 1794 {{GRIN | access-date=May 13, 2010}}
|synonyms = V. flexuosa var. parvifolia (Roxb.) Gagnep.
V. indica Thunb.
V. parvifolia Roxb.
V. wallichii DC.
}}
{{Commons category|Vitis flexuosa}}
Vitis flexuosa is a species of liana in the grape family.
It has a very large native range in Asian tropical and temperate climate zones.
Distribution
- East Asia in Taiwan; the Koreas, Hong Kong; the Chinese provinces of Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Zhejiang; and the Japanese prefectures of Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku, and the Ryukyu Islands.
- Southeast Asia in Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam.
- Malesia in the Philippines.
- Indian Subcontinent in the Indian states of Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal; Nepal; northern Pakistan.
Chemistry
Flexuosol A is a stilbene tetramer found in V. flexuosa.{{Cite journal
| last1 = Li | first1 = W. W.
| last2 = Li | first2 = B. G.
| last3 = Chen | first3 = Y. Z.
| doi = 10.1021/np970457v
| title = Flexuosol A, a New Tetrastilbene from Vitis flexuosa
| journal = Journal of Natural Products
| volume = 61
| issue = 5
| pages = 646–647
| year = 1998
| pmid = 9599267
}}
References
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{{Vitis (grape) species}}
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Category:Flora of tropical Asia
Category:Flora of the Ryukyu Islands
Category:Plants described in 1794
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