Open AccessLocal Names of Wild Grapevine in Georgia and Its Ethnobotanical Use
Author(s) -
Shengeli Kikilashvili
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
šromebi - sak'art'velos tek'nikuri universiteti
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1512-0996
DOI - 10.36073/1512-0996-2021-2-29-37
Subject(s) - ethnobotany , synonym (taxonomy) , wine , geography , cultivar , biology , viticulture , apiaceae , botany , rootstock , domestication , horticulture , medicinal plants , genus , ecology , food science
Wild grapevine Vitis vinifera subsp. sylvestris (C.C.Gmel.) Hegi is a typical plant of Georgian flora, spread in our country. Consequently, a numerous number of local synonym names of this plant are available in different historical-ethnographic provinces of Georgia. Among these names ‘Krikina’, ‘Babilo’, ‘Mortskhula’, ‘Brdzghuamli’ and ‘Dzghvamli’ are more spread, having different spelling variations. The great contrubution of wild grape is that it, as an ancestor of cultivated grapevine, made the basis of grape breeding in Georgia and is a distant relative of our varieties. Besides, as it was demonstrated by the ethnobotanical research, due to long period present in the forests of Georgia the local people used this plant as a food (grape, pickles), a beverage (young fermented wine ‘Machari’, wine, grappa), a construction material (buildings, door for a church, breedge), a tool for washing Qvevri, a pollinator for grape cultivars, a honey plant, a rootstock, a planting material for vineyards.