Porcelain Berry (Ampelopsis brevipedunculata)

Family: Vitaceae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)

A deciduous, woody, perennial climbing vine with some edible, medicinal and other uses. Bloom Color: Green. Main Bloom Time: Early summer, Late summer, Mid summer. Form: Irregular or sprawling, Spreading or horizontal, Variable spread.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit, Berries, Leaves, Shoots

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Leaf buds - cooked. Leaves and stems - cooked. Fruit - raw or cooked. The fruit is 6 - 8mm in diameter and is carried in small bunches like grapes. Not very palatable. — Leaf buds - cooked.; Leaves and stems - cooked.; Fruit - raw or cooked.; The fruit is 6 - 8mm in diameter and is carried in small bunches like grapes.

Habitat & North American Range

Thickets in hills all over Japan. Climbing up trees in valleys or over shrubs on hillsides at elevations of 100 - 600 metres in Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning provinces of China. (Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)