Berry ID please

[Brute Killer]

Not grapes. The vine/plant has an odd smell. Root have tubers that look like potatoes. I don't know what it is.

[Smart]

We call them whitewing berries because the whitewings we shoot in central Texas are usually crammed full of them.

I'll see if I can find their real name...

[Stoof]

Definitely not grapes. I am almost sure it is cow itch vine AKA sorrell vine aka trumpet vine.

[froghunter]

not sure what it is. i dont think its grapes either.

[Smart]

We call them whitewing berries because the whitewings we shoot in central Texas are usually crammed full of them.

I'll see if I can find their real name...

on edit ...the berries we hunt are in gum bumelia trees....the berry in the OP is obviously on a vine and is not what we find in them.

[Stoof]

Cissus Trifoliata. Cow itch for sure. It is in the grape family but not sure if it is edible. Native to Texas. Not trumpet vine. Also known as possum grape, Sorrelvine or Arizona grape ivy.

[Brute Killer]

I think Stoof is on the right track.
http://www.catnapin.com/WildFlowers/...BerryGrape.htm

[Brute Killer]

What what?
Ivy treebine is a rapid-growing, semi-evergreen vine that belongs to the grape family. It has thick, ivy-like trifoliate leaves with incised edges that produce an unpleasant odor when bruised. It climbs by tendrils and can be an effective substitute for ivy. The inconspicuous greenish flowers are followed by a profusion of succulent bluish-black berries. Ivy treebine grows in open woods and salt marshes throughout the state except in the extreme east and the Panhandle. It ranges east to Florida and north to Missouri. It grows at least 12 feet long from tuberous roots and a semi-woody base.


http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/o...issusincis.htm

[shark79]

on edit ...the berries we hunt are in gum bumelia trees....the berry in the OP is obviously on a vine and is not what we find in them.

AKA Chittumwood tree. Got a big one in my yard and have seen over a hundred whitewings in it at times.

[FISHUNTER]

Thanks guys....I know they are not muscadines as I grew up making jam out of those. These stumped all of us up there.

[Smart]

AKA Chittumwood tree. Got a big one in my yard and have seen over a hundred whitewings in it at times.

Yep... They are whitewing crack...

[SaltwaterSlick]

My dad and grand-dad called them "stretch-berries"... When I was a kid, we'd chew the old sap from a sweetgum tree like gum, and you could chew up a few of those berries (after the frost falls on them) in it and actually blow bubbles with it like bubble gum...

I haven't thought about that in a long time...