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Vitis riparia Michx, with common names riverbank grape or frost grape, [1] is a vine indigenous to North America. As a climbing or trailing vine , it is widely distributed across central and eastern Canada and the central and northeastern parts of the United States , from Quebec to Texas , and eastern Montana to Nova Scotia .
Cissus quadrangularis is a perennial plant of the grape family. It is commonly known as veldt grape , winged treebine [ 2 ] or adamant creeper . [ 3 ] The species is native to tropical Asia, the Arabian Peninsula and much of Africa.
Grape therapy or grape diet, also known as ampelotherapy, is a diet that involves heavy consumption of grapes, including seeds, and parts of the vine, including leaves, that is a form of alternative medicine. The concept was developed in 19th-century Germany in spas such as Bad Duerkheim and Merano. [1]
Often made from the Marawi and Obaideh grape varieties, a center of production is the Bekaa Valley vineyards, particularly the Kefraya, Ksara, Domaine des Tourelles, and Massaya vineyards. [16] Zahlé , where Arak Zahlawi is produced, is considered a capital of arak. [ 12 ]
The fruit is a thick-skinned berry and typically measures 3–4 centimetres (1.2–1.6 in) in diameter. The fruit resembles a slip-skin grape. It has a thick, purple, astringent skin that encases a sweet, white or rosy pink gelatinous flesh. Embedded within the flesh are one to four large seeds, which vary in shape depending on the species. [18]
Vitis californica, the California wild grape, or Northern California grape, or Pacific grape, is a wild grape species widespread across much of California as well as southwestern Oregon; Vitis coignetiae, the crimson glory vine, a species from East Asia grown as an ornamental plant for its crimson autumn foliage
A cultivated Common Grape Vine, Vitis vinifera subsp. vinifera. Use of grapes is known to date back to Neolithic times, following the discovery in 1996 of 7,000-year-old wine storage jars in present-day northern Iran. [26] Further evidence shows the Mesopotamians and Ancient Egyptians had vine plantations and winemaking skills.
A DNA study published in Nature in 2018 concludes that the genus Citrus evolved in the foothills of the Himalayas, in the area of Assam (India), western Yunnan (China), and northern Myanmar. [ 5 ] Map of inferred original wild ranges of the main Citrus cultivars, and selected relevant wild taxa [ 6 ]