bittersweets
Celastrus
Celastrus, commonly known as staff vine, staff tree or bittersweet, is a genus in the Celastraceae family which comprises about 30-40 species of shrubs and vines. They have a wide distribution in East Asia, Australasia, Africa, and the Americas.
22 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Asian bittersweet
speciesCelastrus orbiculatus
American bittersweet
speciesCelastrus scandens
White Vine
speciesCelastrus subspicatus
Chinese bittersweet
speciesCelastrus hindsii
Celastrus kusanoi
speciesCelastrus kusanoi
Celastrus punctatus
speciesCelastrus punctatus
Black oil tree
speciesCelastrus paniculatus
Celastrus flagellaris
speciesCelastrus flagellaris
Celastrus aculeatus
speciesCelastrus aculeatus
Celastrus monospermus
speciesCelastrus monospermus
Celastrus australis
speciesCelastrus australis
Celastrus gemmatus
speciesCelastrus gemmatus
Celastrus angulatus
speciesCelastrus angulatus
Celastrus pringlei
speciesCelastrus pringlei
Celastrus stylosus
speciesCelastrus stylosus
Celastrus oblanceifolius
speciesCelastrus oblanceifolius
Celastrus vulcanicola
speciesCelastrus vulcanicola
Celastrus rosthornianus
speciesCelastrus rosthornianus
Celastrus rugosus
speciesCelastrus rugosus
Celastrus hypoleucoides
speciesCelastrus hypoleucoides
Celastrus grenadensis
speciesCelastrus grenadensis
Celastrus lenticellatus
speciesCelastrus lenticellatus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 64539.