Vitis chunganensis
Vitis chunganensis is a species of climbing vine in the grape family native to China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang provinces).[1] In Chinese it is called dong nan pu tao, or Southeast grape.[1]
| Southeast grape | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Vitales |
| Family: | Vitaceae |
| Genus: | Vitis |
| Species: | V. chunganensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Vitis chunganensis | |
Habitats include forests and shrublands, hillsides and valleys, especially those where streams are present, between 500 and 1400 meters above sea-level. Flowers appear from April to June, producing very dark, purple, globose berries, about 1 cm in diameter, from June through to August.[1]
It is traditionally used as folk medicine for the treatment of infectious hepatitis and physical injury. It contains chunganenol which is a resveratrol hexamer.[2]
References
- A formal description of this species was first published in J. Arnold Arbor. 6: 143. 1925. "Vitis chunganensis". Flora of China. eFloras. Retrieved May 30, 2010.
- Chunganenol: An Unusual Antioxidative Resveratrol Hexamer from Vitis chunganensis. Shan He, Liyan Jiang, Bin Wu, Chang Li and Yuanjiang Pan, J. Org. Chem., volume 74, issue 20, pages 7966–7969 doi:10.1021/jo901354p
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