The plant which often gets confused with strawberry is Potentilla, particularly P. nepalensis (such as Miss Willmott)- but they are not climbers as such and don't have petioles, though they do make long, sprawly growths. Looks like a Campsis of some variety - I note you've asked this question from the berrying plants page - does that mean this plant has berries of some description?

I wonder, could it be a hop plant? Have a search for hops at the top and take a look.

It doesn't look like Campsis or hops.

Campsis has no tendrils, and in Clematis, the leaf stems are the tendrils. It looks like it might also be a member of the grape family. A closeup of where the leaf joins the stem may be helpful....Maybe Vitis trifolia? Though that's a tropical plant, it may grow along the Cote D'Azur.

Campsis has no tendrils, Tug, you're right, but it does have aerial roots - I'm not sure how accurate the tendril description might be - passiflora twines, as well as having some tendrils. Not that I'm convinced this is Campsis anyway... hence my query on the berries.

It looks like Humulus Lupulus or golden hop. There's a pic of one on Spritzhenrys photos.

Reminds me of Humulus as well...

It is reminiscent of hop, the new growth starts out looking like this - but that doesn't have petioles either, its a twiner...

The only problem for me is that I have often seen Hop leaves that are deeply divided--the subspecies native to Arizona is positively lacey--but I have never seen it with completely separated leaflets, like this one seems to have.

Perhaps it is a climbing strawberry?!! Definitely not anything suggested by other members - potentilla is a shrub, hops are hairy stemmed and the leaves are different, campsis and clematis definitely ruled out ... check out climbing strawberry!

The trouble with Climbing Strawberry is that the leaves of that aren't distributed evenly along the climbing stem--they are essentially extra-long runners--as they are in these pictures.

Avkg47 - the Potentilla I mentioned isn't a shrub, it's an herbaceous perennial - you're confusing it with Potentilla fruticosa which is, indeed, a deciduous shrub, looks absolutely nothing like a strawberry plant and could never be confused with one.

Thanks, bamboo - I did wonder! Not come across the other variety of potentilla - grateful for the additional knowledge. Perhaps we shall have to wait until the flower and berry/fruit comes out, Daniel? Please post pictures again!

Hi all,

Thanks for your comments. I have attached the photo of the fruits.

Bit by bit, plant looks like a Vitis trifolia (Cyratia Trifolia) or Native grape (wild grape) with origin in India. Of what use , I can only guess. It has now overgrown the original tree and takes a lot of space.

Quite honestly, I dont know if I need to keep it

Well, google certainly agrees with you - the berry pods turn black when ripe. In india it is used as a medical plant. Contact meenie14 member via a private message who may be delighted to have cuttings or the plant from you.