Vitis flexuosa explained

Vitis flexuosa is a species of liana in the grape family.

It has a very large native range in Asian tropical and temperate climate zones.

Distribution

The vine is native to:

• East Asia in Taiwan; the Koreas, Hong Kong; the Chinese provinces of Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Zhejiang; and the Japanese prefectures of Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku, and the Ryukyu Islands.
• Southeast Asia in Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam.
• Malesia in the Philippines.
• Indian Subcontinent in the Indian states of Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal; Nepal; northern Pakistan.

Flexuosol A is a stilbene tetramer found in V. flexuosa.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Li . W. W. . Li . B. G. . Chen . Y. Z. . 10.1021/np970457v . Flexuosol A, a New Tetrastilbene from Vitis flexuosa . Journal of Natural Products . 61 . 5 . 646–647 . 1998 . 9599267 .