''Vitis yunnanensis'' (known locally as ''yun nan pu tao'', meaning Yunnan grape) is a species of

liana A liana is a long-Plant stem, stemmed Woody plant, woody vine that is rooted in the soil at ground level and uses trees, as well as other means of vertical support, to climb up to the Canopy (biology), canopy in search of direct sunlight. T ...

in the grape family native to the

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Yunnan Yunnan; is an inland Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 47.2 million (as of 2020). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the Chinese provinces ...

(in

Jingdong Yi Autonomous County Jingdong Yi Autonomous County (; ) is an autonomous county in southern Yunnan, Yunnan Province, China. It is the northernmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Pu'er City, Pu'er. Jingdong borders Nanhua County, Chuxiong City an ...

and

Jinghong Jinghong (; ; , , ; , ; , ; also formerly romanised as ''Chiang Hung'', ''Chengrung'', ''Cheng Hung'', Jeng Hung, ''Jinghung'', ''Keng Hung'', ''Kiang Hung'' and ''Muangjinghung'') is a city in and the seat of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefec ...

). It is a forest dweller, found at various elevations between 500 and 1800 meters. In August it bears globular

berries A berry is a small, pulpy, and often edible fruit. Typically, berries are juicy, rounded, brightly colored, sweet, sour or tart, and do not have a stone fruit, stone or pit (fruit), pit although many wikt:pip#Etymology 2, pips or seeds may be p ...

References

yunnanensis Plants described in 1997 Flora of Yunnan {{Vitaceae-stub