Ampelocissus latifolia is a plant in the Vitoideae subfamily of the grape family native to the Indian subcontinent, including Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan.Vigne Amer. Vitic. Eur. 8:374. 1884
It is the type species for the genus of Ampelocissus and was initially treated under its basionym, Vitis latifolia, which was described scientifically in 1824. In 1884, Jules Émile Planchon reclassified the species under the genus Ampelocissus. page 374
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