Present on Pacific Islands?  yes

Primarily a threat at high elevations?  no

Risk assessment results:  High risk, score: 8 (Go to the risk assessment)

Other Latin names:  Vitis voinieriana Baltet

Common name(s): [more details]

English: chestnut vine, lizard plant

Habit:  vine

Description:  "Vigorous vine; young stems rusty hairy.  Leaves compound; leaflets usually 5 (rarely 3 or 4), broadly obovate, 6-10 inches long, shiny green, ±fleshy, underside rusty brown-hairy, margins wavy to broadly toothed; tendrils long, not forked.  Inflorescence axillary, crowded, much-branched clusters.  Male flowers stamens 5, pistil reduced; female flowers (not seen in Hawai‘i) sterile stamens 4; ovary conical, stigma 4-lobed, nearly sessile.  Fruit not seen in Hawai‘i"  (Staples & Herbst, 2005; p. 573).

Habitat/ecology:  "It is a rampant climber that can cover buildings or large trees if left untrimmed.  This species thrives in deep shade"  (Staples & Herbst, 2005; p. 573).

Propagation:  Seed.  In Hawai‘i, no female plants are present and the species is reproducing vegetatively.

Native range:  Vietnam or Laos  (Staples & Herbst, 2005; p. 573).

Presence:

Pacific
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	Hawai‘i (Big) Island	introduced invasive cultivated	Staples, George W./Herbst, Derral R. (2005) (p. 573) Blanketing trees along Pepe‘ekeo Scenic Drive Vegetatively reproducing.
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	O‘ahu Island	introduced invasive cultivated	Frohlich, Danielle/Lau, Alex (2007) (p. 12) Voucher cited: D. Frohlich & A. Lau s.n. (BISH 725949). Vegetatively reproducing.

Pacific Rim
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
Vietnam Vietnam	Vietnam (Socialist Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)

Control:  Difficult to control as it sprouts from root suckers (Frohlich & Lau, 2007; p. 12).