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Vitis coignetiae - Crimson glory vine
Vitis coignetiae (Crimson glory vine, 머루 meoru in Korean), and ヤマブドウ yama-budo in Japanese) is a plant belonging to the genus Vitis that is native to the temperate climes of Asia, where it can be found in the Russian Far East, (Sakhalin); Korea; and Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku). It was described botanically in 1883.[1]
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Description
The vine is very vigorous, with purple shoots.The deciduous leaves are large (15 to 30 cm in diameter), simple, orbicular, toothed, with deep petiole. First green, they turn red-orange in autumn.
Wild vines can be male, female or hermaphrodite. Clusters are large with small berries and large purple seeds. It is found in the mountainous regions of Japan and up to 1300 m altitude in Korea.
Uses
In East Asia it is grown as an ornamental plant for its crimson autumn foliage; and as an Oriental medicinal plant.
It is used to produce wines in Korea and Japan. These are at first bitter, but softened with the addition of sugar.
