Ampelopsis chaffanjonii

Read about Ampelopsis chaffanjonii in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Ampelopsis watsoniana, Wilson (Vitis leeoides, Veitch, not Planch.). (After No. 10.) Tall climbing shrub, with slender forked tendrils, glabrous: lvs. simply pinnate; lfts. 5, stalked, ovate to ovate-oblong, acuminate, rounded at the base, remotely serrate, bright green above, glaucescent beneath, 3 – 4 1/2 in. long: fls. and frs. not known, but probably not much different from those of A. leeoides to which this species is closely related, but easily distinguished by the always simply pinnate lvs. with fewer and larger lfts. Cent. China. J.H.S. 28:295, figs. 95, 96, erroneously cited under A. leeoides on p. 278 of this work. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.