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    Mekuja Bijela

    Vitis vinifera L.

    Mekuja Bijela is a grape variety with white berries.1

    Its country of origin is Croatia.2

    In 2023 it covered 0.3 hectares of bearing vineyards worldwide, ranking 1361 of 1497 varieties in the database.2

    It is now grown in one country only: Croatia.2

    VIVC lists its parents as unknown × Palarusa, a pedigree confirmed by DNA markers.1

    VIVC records 7 other names for it.1

    vinoluma engraving: a schematic leaf, not a botanical description of the variety.
    Berry skin (VIVC)
    white1
    Origin
    Croatia2
    Area, 2023
    <1 ha2
    World rank
    1361 / 14972
    VIVC
    № 75981
    parentunknown
    parentPalarusa
    Mekuja Bijela

    confirmed by DNA markers (VIVC)

    Area by country

    1. Croatia0.3 ha

    Area, 2023

    Where Mekuja Bijela grows

    1. OriginCroatia
    2. AreaCroatia

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    Other names

    Mekuja · Mekujica · Mekula · Mekulja Bijela · Mekulja Mala · Mekulja Vela · Mekulja Vela Bijela

    Parents

    Other varieties from Croatia

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    Sources

    1. VIVC passport no. 7598. Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC), Julius Kühn-Institut, 2026. level 2
    2. Database of Regional, National and Global Winegrape Bearing Areas by Variety, 2000 to 2023. Anderson K., Nelgen S., Puga G. Wine Economics Research Centre, University of Adelaide (CC BY 4.0), 2026. level 3