There are countless wild plants and vines spread across the vast canvas of nature. Although many of them are seen on our daily walks, not much is known about their names, qualities or harmful aspects. Taking pictures very closely with the help of a camera lens, the extraordinary beauty of these common wild plants is clearly captured. This wonderful creeper is also a wild plant, which looks a lot like a bunch of grapes.

​Name:

This wild plant is known by several names in English. It is commonly called 'bush grape', 'fox-grape', 'three-leaved wild vine' or 'threeleaf cayratia'. This wild grape or creeper is often seen in the nooks and crannies of rural Bengal.

​Scientific name:

According to the classification of botany, this wild vine has a specific scientific name. Its scientific or binomial name is Causonis trifolia. Scientists Mabb. and J.Wen are associated with this nomenclature. The species has about 13 synonyms in the scientific world.

​Family and Genus:

According to the classification of science, it belongs to the vascular plants or tracheophytes and flowering plants or angiosperms branch of the Plantae kingdom of the plant world. It is a member of the Vitaceae family under the Vitales class and its genus or genus name is Causonis.

​Size and physical structure:

From the external aspect, it is basically a creeping plant or vine, which grows on other trees or objects. Its trunk can be quite stout, with a diameter of about 7 cm (2.8 in). Its leaves have a special structure, which is trifoliate or three-parted. The fruit of this tree has two beautiful and different forms. When unripe or immature, the round fruits of this tree look very bright green. But when the fruits are fully ripe, they take on a dark blackish color, which looks like small wild grapes. This green creeper grows beautifully by climbing around the leaves of banana trees or other plants.

​Nation and habitat:

This wild vine is spread over a fairly large area in terms of geographical distribution. It is a plant native to Southeast Asia, Australia, and the western Pacific Ocean, starting from India. According to the World Geographical Scheme database, they are found naturally in Bangladesh, Assam, the eastern and western Himalayas, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the Indian subcontinent. They are also widely distributed in the Indo-China region, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam; Borneo, Java, Sulawesi, Philippines in the Malaysian region; Papua, Australasia and the islands of the northwest and southwest Pacific Ocean.

Chemical elements and disadvantages:

The leaves of this wild plant contain several types of flavonoids, of which cyanidin and delphinidin are particularly notable. However, this plant has one major disadvantage or disadvantage. The stem, leaves and roots of this creeping plant contain a very harmful chemical element called 'Hydrocyanic acid'. So, even though it looks delicious and tempting like grapes, you should maintain a safe distance from this wild fruit or tree.

I learned about them from various sites including iNaturalist, Wikipedia and Google.

_{​*(All posts are written in Bengali and translated into English using Google Translate.) *}

Camera Used	Samsung SM-G973F
F-Stop	F2.4
ISO speed	ISO
Focal length	26mm
Flash	No
Editing app	Lightroom
Photography	(Causonis trifolia)
Photographer	@mshbd
Location	Natore, Bangladesh