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Totoloche

Vitis popenoei

Totoloche (Vitis popenoei) is a climbing grape relative native to Mexico, Belize and Guatemala, grown mainly for its edible fruit and as a vigorous liana. Give it a warm, sunny spot and a sturdy support.

Family
Vitaceae (Grape family)
Grows as
Climber
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply during dry spells and let the top few centimetres of soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile loam with added organic matter.
Temperature
18-30 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Safety
Not known to be toxic
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
Mexico to Guatemala
Climate
subtropical

About

Vitis popenoei, commonly called the totoloche, or totoloche grape, is a New World species of liana in the grape family native to Belize, Mexico (Chiapas, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tabasco, Veracruz, and eastern Querétaro), and north-central Guatemala (Alta Verapaz).

Other Vitis plants

Mapleleaf grape · Vitis adenoclada · Summer grape · Amur grape · Canyon grape · Vitis balansana · Vitis bellula · Autumn grape · Birch-leaf grape · Vitis blancoi · North China Grape · California wild grape

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Vitis popenoei by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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