Celastraceae
Oriental bittersweet
Celastrus orbiculatus
- Family
- Celastraceae
- Genus
- Celastrus
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Common names
By language (22)
- Arabic
- حرابية ملتفة
- Armenian
- Ծառակործան կլորատերև
- Azerbaijani
- Girdəyarpaq selastrus
- Belarusian
- Дрэвагубца круглалісты
- Chinese
- 南蛇藤, 南蛇藤叶, 南蛇藤果, 南蛇藤根, 南蛇风, 大南蛇, 果山藤, 毛脉南蛇藤
- Czech
- Jesenec okrouhlolistý
- Danish
- Træmorder
- Dutch
- Boomwurger, Aziatische boomwurger
- English
- Oriental bittersweet, Asian bittersweet, Asiatic bittersweet, Chinese bittersweet, Round-leaf bittersweet
- Estonian
- Ümaralehine tselaster
- Finnish
- Japaninkelasköynnös
- German
- Baumwürger
- Hungarian
- Csavaros fafojtó
- Japanese
- ツルウメモドキ
- Korean
- 노박덩굴
- Lithuanian
- Apskritalapis smaugikas
- Polish
- Dławisz okrągłolistny
- Russian
- Древогубец круглолистный
- Slovak
- Bršlenec kruhovitý
- Swedish
- Japansk träddödare
- Vietnamese
- Dây gối tròn
- Welsh
- Celastrws
Synonyms
- Catha articulata (Thunb.) G.Don
- Celastrus articulata hort. ex Koehne
- Celastrus articulatus Thunb.
- Celastrus articulatus var. humilis Matsum.
- Celastrus articulatus var. orbiculatus (Thunb.) Chen H.Wang
- Celastrus articulatus var. papillosus Nakai ex H.Hara
- Celastrus crispulus Regel
- Celastrus insularis Koidz.
- Celastrus jeholensis Nakai
- Celastrus lancifolius Nakai
- Celastrus orbiculatus f. aureoarillatus (Honda) Ohwi
- Celastrus orbiculatus f. major Loes.
- Celastrus orbiculatus f. papillosus (Nakai ex H.Hara) H.Hara
- Celastrus orbiculatus var. aureoarillatus Honda
- Celastrus orbiculatus var. papillosus (Nakai ex H.Hara) Ohwi
- Celastrus orbiculatus var. punctatus Rehder
- Celastrus orbiculatus var. strigillosus Hara
- Celastrus orbiculatus var. strigillosus (Nakai) Makino
- Celastrus strigillosus Nakai
- Celastrus tatarinowii Rupr.
- Celastrus versicolor Nakai
- Ilex leucantha Hassk.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.