They are muscadines. I hope you like them...I can't get rid of what's in our woods.

Muscadines make good jelly. Muscadine wine isn't bad either - not cabernet by any stretch, but not bad. Rather than get rid of them, I'd move them some place you want them and cultivate them. Wish I had enough sun to grow muscadines. A real heritage plant.

Seriously? They look nothing like the muscadines I see at Publix. I always thought muscadines were like giant grapes?

Denna
iggerant transplanted yankee ;-)

Interesting! I have been watching this vine grow up in my pampas grass. I'll have to pick some of the fruit and check it out. Are muscadines any good straight off the vine?

i don't think they are muscadines. maybe something in the solanacae family = possibly poisionous?

Those are absolutely not muscadines. Muscadines are wild grapes, and the plants look exactly like grape plants. They have a denser growth than your plant, and the base of the stem is woody. The leaves on your plant look more like ivy leaves.

Do not eat anything off your plant until you're sure it's not poisonous. I have a smaller version of this that has fruit about 1 inch long. Birds and squirrels won't eat them, which is a pretty good indication that we shouldn't either.

They are muscadines...wait until they are a dark purple to pick them. My father-in-law has a tree that is covered with this type of vine and we always eat the fruit straight off the vine.

My husband eats them straight off the vine too.

Some info...

Here is a link that might be useful: muscadines

i have never seen an egg-shaped muscadine and i would not eat those. to my eye, the only feature of your plant that resembles a grape is the color of the ripe fruit.

This is a great question for Walter Reeves!
Why not email him your photo and question?

http://www.walterreeves.com/

GGG

I'm pretty positive they're not muscadines. Their growth habit, fruit shape, and seeds are like something in the melon family, and by tough rind, I mean leathery and hard, probably not chewable (not that I'm about to try). I've been trying to find these things on the internet all day, but still can't figure out what they are. :-/

Denna

definitely not muscadine!

Possibly a type passion flower?

CV

I agree, not a muscadine. The leaf shape is not right, for one thing, and the fruit is not round. Those facts alone are enough. Furthermore, the muscadines around here are more burgundy-black colored than blue-black.

NOT muscadine!!!! It is on the tip of my tongue and maybe I'll think of it shortly. I believe they are in the curcubit family. If you were to post this image on Name That Plant forum or the Weed Forum, you'll have the CORRECT answer in a jiffy.

Okay....I'm going to guess that they are one of the Bryonia. There are several. Bryonia alba images are everywhere on the internet and I'll attach a link. There is, however, another species that really has fruit just like a teensy watermelon. That one is B. verrucosa, but I can't find an image.

Here is a link that might be useful: {{gwi:837662}}

How about Passiflora lutea, a type of passion flower with a less divided leaf than the typical one, P. incarnata, and its berry is said to be black when mature. I am having trouble pulling up the original image clearly though.

This was cross posted to the name that plant forum. Some has suggested creeping cucumber: Melothria pendula

Here's a google search on it. By the way, it is poisonous if eaten.

Here is a link that might be useful: Melothria pendula

I hope that Denna is still following this, because I think that we might have the real identification via 'esh ga'. It certainly appears to be the creeping cucumber! Denna, what do you think?

This needs to be a great and enlightening lesson to all of us that frequent the Gardenweb Forums. We should never suggest that anyone sample anything without an absolute identification. I do not know why this plant was suggested to be a muscadine, because there is very little true resemblance to any kind of grape. This thread should remind us that we all need to be very mindful of what we suggest to our Gardenweb family.

"First, do no harm." It even applies to us, doesn't it?

yeah, curiosity got the best of me and i asked about it on the "name that plant" forum. i have never seen it before but was concerned about the "thumbs up" to eat it.
is it actually poisonous? one link mentions it being a purgative and another says laxative.
i don't think i have ever seen the experts stumped by a plant on that other forum!

That sure looks about right, although I didn't see any purple fruit in any of those pics. Unfortunately, since this is at my mom's house, I wasn't around to see it flower, either. Either way, I'll be sure to tell her to rip it up before the dog can get a hold of it. Thanks tons, everyone.
I didn't even know there was a "name that plant" forum. I'll have to bookmark it for future questions, since I'm a total newb. :-)

Denna

Those are growing EVERYWHERE in my yard- I was curious what they were and how they tasted but havent tried them.

As someone who loves muscadines, I can tell unequivocably they are NOT muscadines.