Bird grape, also called mountain grape and wild grape. It is a deciduous vine of Vitaceae, which often grows on hillsides, valleys and bushes. Rattan can be as long as 15 meters, and the bark is dark brown or reddish brown. Rattan can crawl or help other trees. The top of the tendrils is opposite to the leaves. Simple leaves alternate, dark green, broadly ovate, and usually turn red in autumn. The panicles are opposite, and the flowers are small and numerous, yellow-green. Dioecious. The fruit is a spherical berry with deep purple and blue-white fruit frost. The flowering period is May-June and the fruiting period is August-September.

It is distributed in Heilongjiang, Anhui, Liaoning, Zhejiang, Jilin, Shaanxi, Shandong, Hebei, Hubei and Chinese mainland. It grows at an altitude of 200 meters to 1 200 meters, mostly in hillside, gully forest and shrub land, and has not been artificially introduced and cultivated at present.

Bird grape is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, slightly sour, flat and non-toxic. Has the following functions: clearing away heat and toxic materials: used for sore throat, breast abscess, heat furuncle, sore furuncle, eye swelling, erysipelas, parotitis, dysentery, skin trauma, snake bite, etc. Cooling blood and stopping bleeding: used for hematuria, hemoptysis and hemoptysis. Clearing heat and reducing swelling: used for jaundice, dysuria, urethral pain, white turbidity, etc. Promote blood circulation and reduce swelling: used for traumatic injuries, fractures and fresh products. Compared with common grapes, wild grapes have higher organic acid content, which has better effects of stimulating appetite, nourishing food and losing weight. Wild grapes contain a lot of anthocyanins, especially anthocyanins on the peel, which can eliminate free radicals and delay aging.

There are several ways to eat bird grapes: put the washed wild grapes into a juicer to juice, which can supplement the minerals and sugar needed by the body; You can also eat it directly, and the wild grapes can be eaten directly after washing. Wild grapes are rich in vitamins and minerals.