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Vitis vinifera (wine grape)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Vitis vinifera (common grape vine) is a species of Vitis, native to the Mediterranean region, central Europe, and southwestern Asia, from Morocco and Portugal north to southern Germany and east to northern Iran. There are currently between 5,000 and 10,000 varieties of Vitis vinifera grapes though only a few are of commercial significance for wine and table grape production.
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Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Leaf Type [1]  Deciduous
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Pollinators [1]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Scent [1]  The flowers are intensely fragrant;
Structure [1]  Vine
Usage [1]  A yellow dye is obtained from the fresh or dried leaves; An oil from the seed is used for lighting and as an ingredient in soaps, paints etc; Cream of tartar, extracted from the residue of pressed grapes, is used in making fluxes for soldering; Especially when growing in hotter countries than Britain, the stems of very old vines attain a good size and have been used to supply a very durable timber;
Height [1]  49 feet (15 m)
Light Preference [3]  Full Sun
Soil Acidity [3]  Neutral
Soil Moisture [3]  Mostly Dry
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1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0