Celastrus orbiculatus
Syst. Veg. ed. 14, 237. 1784.
Common names: Oriental bittersweet
WeedyIntroduced
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 120.
Vines 40+ m. Leaves: blade suborbiculate to broadly oblong-obovate or ovate-orbiculate, 4–6 × 3–5 cm, aestivation conduplicate. Inflorescences axillary, cymes, 1–2 cm. Staminate flowers: pollen white. Capsules yellow when mature, globose, 7–10 mm diam., glabrous. Seeds orange, ellipsoid, 6 mm. 2n = 46.
Phenology: Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat: Thickets, woodland margins, open woods, roadsides, usually rich soils.
Elevation: 0–900 m.
Distribution
Introduced; N.B., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Ala., Ark., Conn., Del., D.C., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Mo., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Vt., Va., Wash., W.Va., Wis., Asia (China), Asia (Japan), Asia (Korea)
Discussion
Celastrus orbiculatus has become a seriously invasive plant in much of eastern North America.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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hypogynous +
dehiscing +
not beaked +
red +
conduplicate +
obscure +
denticulate +
suborbiculate;broadly oblong-obovate or ovate-orbiculate +
terete +
yellow +
glabrous +
globose +
Oriental bittersweet +
N.B. +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Conn. +, Del. +, D.C. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Ky. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mo. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Vt. +, Va. +, Wash. +, W.Va. +, Wis. +, Asia (China) +, Asia (Japan) + and Asia (Korea) +
nutlike +
staminate +
symmetric +
axile +
free-inserted +
loculicidal +
absent +
axillary +
true +
simple +
fascicled +
alternate +
deciduous +
intrastaminal +
absent +
rudimentary +
fleshy +
axile +
superior +
0;1/2 +
anatropous +
hypogynous +
distinct +
absent +
absent +
3-carpellate +
absent +
white +
Syst. Veg. ed. +
1784 +
not winged +
orange +
surrounding +
ellipsoid +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (?) +
distinct +
longitudinal +
free-inserted +
not gland-tipped +
undivided +
alternate +
absent +
minute +
absent +
connate +
absent +
Celastrus orbiculatus +
Celastrus +
species +
fascicles +
polygamodioecious +