Vitis mengziensis C. L. Li

Branchlets terete, glabrous, glaucous; tendrils unbranched. Leaves simple; stipules caducous; petiole 4.5-10 cm, glabrous; leaf blade oval, 11-13 × 7-11 cm, glabrous, basal veins 6 or 7, lateral veins 5 or 6 pairs, veinlets slightly raised abaxially, base deeply cordate, notch narrow to acute, two sides close together, margin irregularly 31-39-toothed on each side, apex mucronulate. Panicle leaf-opposed, ca. 12 cm; peduncle subglabrate. Pedicel 2-2.5 mm, glabrous. Buds obovoid, 2-2.5 mm. Calyx glabrous, margin undulate. Petals oblong, 1.5-2 mm. Filaments filiform, slightly flat, 1-1.5 mm; anthers yellow, oblong, ca. 0.8 mm. Ovary conical; style short.

Yunnan.

● Forests; ca. 1600 m.

Vitis mengziensis is a species of plant in the grape family. It is found in the province of Yunnan in China, where it is known by the name meng zi pu tao, meaning Mengzi or Mengtze grape. The specific epithet mengziensis and vernacular Chinese name refer to Mengzi, a county in the southeast of Yunnan. It grows in temperate rainforests, at elevations near 1600 meters.