Negro

large or medium-sized, sometimes reddish, cobwebby on the lower surface or covered here and there with floccose hairs, less tomentose or glabrous on the upper surface; all the lobes, or only the upper ones, clearly visible and pointed; middle lobe almost always larger than the lateral ones; teeth unequal, triangular or triangular-lanceolate, acute; petiolar sinus more or less open; upper lateral sinuses open or closed; bunches generally not exceeding 20 centimetres, cylindrical or cylindrical-conical, more or less dense, winged or not; berries slightly unequal, 12–18 millimetres, firm, sweet when ripe, globose, with pale or violet pulp and a fairly tough skin; pedicels regular. The stock is vigorous, with light-brown canes, sometimes striped; internodes elongated. It is a synonym of marôto and is grown on Porto Santo (‘holy harbour’); it seems to be extinct on Madeira, where it was once abundant. It yields a great deal of wine, but of little esteem.