A West Indian plant, Vitis caribæa (see quot. 1756).
1696. Sloane, Catal. Plantarum Jamaica, 172. Wild Vine or Water-with.
1756. P. Browne, Jamaica, 178. Water-withe. The withe of this grape-vine … is so full of juice, that a junk of about 3 feet will yield near a pint of clear tasteless water.
1864. Grisebach, Flora W. Ind. Isl., 788. Water-withe, Vitis caribæa.
