Vitis vinifera Linn. Family: Vitaceae
English: Grapes
Arabic: كرمة نبيذية
Assami: Dakh, Munaqqa
Bengali: Maneka
Bulgarian: Vino
Chinese: 葡萄
French: Vigne cultivée
German: Weinrebe
Gujarat: Drakh, Darakh
Hindi: Angur
Hungarian: Bortermő szőlő
Japanese: ヨーロッパブドウ
Kannada: Draksha
Malayalam: Munthringya
Marathi: Draksha, Angur
Oriya: Drakya, Gostoni
Persian: ریشبابا
Punjabi: Munaca
Russian: виноград , Виноград культурный
Sanskrit: Mrdvika, Gostani
Spanish: Vid
Tamil: Diratchai, Drakshai
Telugu: Draksha
Urdu: Munaqqa
Description: A large shrub, main stem stout, reaching a girth of 1.5 m. Leaves orbicular, cordate, pentagonal or dissected, 10.5-20 x 7-15 cm, serrate or irregularly dentate, acuminate, cordate, glabrous or glabrescent above, sparsely grey tomentose beneath and glabrescent membranous; petiole 4-10 cm long. Peduncle 4-5 cm long, often bearing unbranched tendril. Flower bisexual or functionally pistillate with shorter sterile stamens, greenish in colour, c. 1.5 x 1 mm; pedicel c. 2 mm long, wiry, elongated and thickened in fruit. Calyx minute, cupular. Petals 5, c. 1.5 mm long, ± lanceolate. Disc with 5 hypogynous glands, adnate to the base of ovary. Berry variable in size, shape and colour, 6-22 mm long, purple, black-violet, red, pinkish or greenish, 2-4 seeded, with juicy sweet or sour pulp. Seed pyriform or ovoid, 5-6 mm long, beaked.
Used in Alcoholism, jaundice, constipation, bleeding diathesis, bronchitis, burning urine and general debility. [Compendia of World’s Medicinal Flora]
Used in Ayurveda. Leaves and tendrils chewed to relieve toothache. Mustard oil spread on the leaf, mildly warmed and applied for boils. Stem mixed with Solanum nigrum and Cestrum parqui and applied to treat inflammation. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]
Sap of young branches used as remedy for skin diseases. Leaves astringent, used in diarrhoea. Juice of unripe fruit astringent, used in throat affections. Dried fruit demulcent, cooling, sweet, laxative, stomachic, used in thirst, heat of body, coughs, hoarseness, consumption and in wasting diseases. A malagma made from the seed is said to be a folk remedy for condylomata of the joints. The fruit, prepared in various manners, is said to remedy mola, uterine tumors, hardness of the liver, tumors, and cancer. The juice, prepared in various manners, is said to remedy tumors of the tonsils, excrescences of the seat, tumors of the fauces, indurations, tumors of the neck, chronic tumors, and hard cancers. Using the sap of grapevines, European folk healers sought to cure skin and eye diseases. Other historical uses include the leaves being used to stop bleeding, pain and inflammation of hemorrhoids. Unripe grapes were used for treating sore throats, and raisins were given as treatments for consumption (tuberculosis), constipation and thirst. Ripe grapes were used for the treatment of cancer, cholera, smallpox, nausea, skin and eye infections as well as kidney and liver diseases. [Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants Vol-6]
Sap of young branches used as remedy for skin diseases. Leaves astringent, used in diarrhoea. Juice of unripe fruit astringent, used in throat affections. Dried fruit demulcent, cooling, sweet, laxative, stomachic, used in thirst, heat of body, coughs, hoarseness, consumption and in wasting diseases. A malagma made from the seed is said to be a folk remedy for condylomata of the joints. The fruit, prepared in various manners, is said to remedy mola, uterine tumors, hardness of the liver, tumors, and cancer. The juice, prepared in various manners, is said to remedy tumors of the tonsils, excrescences of the seat, tumors of the fauces, indurations, tumors of the neck, chronic tumors, and hard cancers. Using the sap of grapevines, European folk healers sought to cure skin and eye diseases. Other historical uses include the leaves being used to stop bleeding, pain and inflammation of hemorrhoids. Unripe grapes were used for treating sore throats, and raisins were given as treatments for consumption (tuberculosis), constipation and thirst. Ripe grapes were used for the treatment of cancer, cholera, smallpox, nausea, skin and eye infections as well as kidney and liver diseases. [Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants Vol-6]
Grapeseed extract is promoted as an antioxidant supplement for preventing degenerative disorders in particular, in the same way as other flavonoid-containing products. The in vitro antioxidant properties are well documented and there is some clinical evidence to suggest that it can promote general cardiovascular health. [Stockley's Herbal Medicines Interactions]
The seeds and leaves are astringent and anti-inflammatory and have been taken to relieve diarrhoea. Raisins are highly nutritious, gently laxative, and demulcent. [Herbal Remedies]
Dried fruits, seedless—nourishing and invigorating. Used in prescriptions for cough, respiratory tract catarrh, subacute cases of enlarged liver and spleen; and in alcohol-based tonics. [Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary]
Folk Medicinal Uses: Lumbago, Edema, Measles, Palpitation, Difficulty in urination, Threatened abortion, Insomnia, Abscess suppuration, Constipation, Night sweating, Tussis, Deficient milk after child-birth, Anaemia, Rheumatalgia, Giddiness [International Collation of Traditional and Folk Medicine Vol-4]
The dried fruits are demulcent, laxative and sweet to the taste. They are useful for cough, thirst, hoarseness and consumption. The sap of the young branches is a popular remedy for skin diseases in Europe. The juice of the unripe grapes is astringent and useful for ailments of the throat. Raisins constitute an essential ingredient in the preparation of aristas. The grape cure is a popular remedy for pulmonary diseases and other ailments in Switzerland and other continental countries. The leaves and tendrils possess astringent properties and employed in diarrhoea and other bowel complaints. The grape seed oil is also a remedy for diarrhoea. [Medicinal Plants (Indigenous and Exotic) Used in Ceylon]
Potent antioxidant, Treatment of varicose veins and other vein disorders, Cardiovascular protectant, Anti-inflammatory agent, Antihistamine, Wrinkle treatment, Treatment of burns, Treatment of slow-healing ulcers [Pharmacodynamic Basis of Herbal Medicine 2nd Ed]
364 Published articles of Vitis vinifera
