Grape vine or not?
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Julie
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Hi, my husband & I found this vine near our compost pile the other day, under our big Catalpa tree. It's growing all over our unused tomato cages! Beautiful. I clipped one vine for these pictures. Saw only one little purple grape (?) shown in the picture below, the rest were green. The pictures I saw online showed grape leaves that were jagged around their edges so now I'm wondering if this is really a grape or not. Does anyone know? If so, is it edible? Thank you! :)
16 answers
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I don't know it kinda looks like a fruiting passion flora
Tammy Grebba
on Aug 02, 2014
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especially from the looks of the flowers. If it is a fruiting passion flora it is edible I think they make wine from the fruit.
Tammy Grebba
on Aug 02, 2014
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Julie it is, Passion flower vine (Passiflora incarnata)
Luis
on Aug 02, 2014
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If you have passiflora in one spot, you are quite likely to have it in another.
Douglas Hunt
on Aug 03, 2014
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My first thought on seeing the leaves was "it isn't grape, might be kudzu" but then saw the flower....definitely a member of the passion flower family. The fruits are called "maypops" and are edible when fully ripe in the fall (outer skin gets leathery and the fruit begins to look wrinkled). Spreads by seed and you can make cuttings. There are a number of varieties of these....including some natives with blue/purple/white flowers that are stunning.
Dorothy
on Aug 03, 2014
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Thank you to all! Passion flower vine huh? Hmm. I'll look more online under "passiflora incarnata" Luis, thank you. At least now I have a reference. Ya'll are all great, I appreciate it!Douglas, I haven't seen it anywhere else in our yard but will look for it now. We keep things clipped down pretty well, it could be it just didn't have time to grow, well, with the exception of this one of course.Thank GOD it's not kudzu Dorothy, whew!! That'd be awful. We already have an intrusive vine here (everywhere, ugh) but I'm fairly sure it's not kudzu. I'd hate another one like it!Tammy, the berries are edible too? Interesting! We grow lots of fruits/veggies so I welcome another! :)
Julie
on Aug 03, 2014
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I used to play with the flowers when I was little... make dancing girls out of them!
PattyQ
on Aug 03, 2014
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FYI folks....Kudzu vine can be used to make beautiful wreaths! Just keep weaving it around until you get it the size and thickness you want your wreath!
Jeanette S
on Aug 04, 2014
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Yep, as long as you can control the monster while growing.
Dorothy
on Aug 04, 2014
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OK, another question. When I looked up passiflora online, none of the pictures matched up to mine. Many of those flowers were purple which mine is not (except one berry), mine is green & the flowers are white. The leaves were differently shaped too. Does someone maybe have a link where they've seen similar pictures to mine? Or does the color & shape change as it matures, like so many other plants? Thanks!
Julie
on Aug 04, 2014
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Not sure which variety yours is but the flower shape/structure says passionflower of some kind. Do you have an agricultural extension agent in your area? They might have more info for you.
Dorothy
on Aug 04, 2014
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This might help.....there's over 400 varieties so..... http://gardening.about.com/od/shrubsvines/a/Passion-Flower.htm?utm_term=passion%20flower%20vines&utm_content=p1-main-1-title&utm_medium=sem&utm_source=msn&utm_campaign=adid-288bae2e-ebc3-47ce-9448-ff94eaea01fc-0-ab_msb_ocode-5995
Dorothy
on Aug 04, 2014
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http://www.daff.qld.gov.au/plants/weeds-pest-animals-ants/weeds/a-z-listing-of-weeds/photo-guide-to-weeds/white-passion-flower
Michelle Eliker
on Aug 04, 2014
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Here ya go....... http://www.namethatplant.net/picpage.shtml?path=/Images/ImagesFire/wcs/wcsplutea_ripefruit.jpg&plant=1036&photo=8010
Dorothy
on Aug 04, 2014
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Thank you Dorothy & Michelle! And yes, I just found out we do have an ag extension here in town. I'll take my vine there for more confirmation. Thanks again! :)
Julie
on Aug 04, 2014
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Did you ever find out what it is?
Sandra
on May 10, 2016
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