Celastrus scandens
Waxwork, American Bittersweet, Staff Tree
These vigorous, colorful vines clamber and twine over walls, fences, slopes and stumps.
Celastrus scandens
Nombres relacionados: American Bittersweet (inglés), Celastraceae (familia), Falsa dulcamara (castellano).
Indicaciones, contraindicaciones: Diurético, sudorífico, emenagogo, emético, discutiente. Se usa la corteza y la raíz.
No range map exists for this species. See a map of the states in which Celastrus scandens can be found (opens a new window).
USDA Plants Database
Celastrus scandens is native to North America.
Celastrus scandens
A twining, woody vine that produces small green flowers and distinctive bicolored fruits. Flowers: 1/6" (4 mm) wide, in terminal clusters up to 4" (10 cm) long; petals 4-5.
Climbing Bittersweet [English]: Celastrus scandens
Climbing Blueberry [English]: Billardiera longiflora
Climbing Boneset Mikania Scandens [English]: Mikania scandens
Climbing Bristle Fern [English]: Trichomanes scandens ...
Stop 2- Celastrus scandens
Stop 3- Clematis terniflora
Stop 4- Clematis x jackmanii
Stop 5- Campsis x tagliabuana 'Madame Galen'
Stop 6- Akebia quinata
Stop 7- Campsis radicans
Stop 8- Polygonum aubertii ...
Celastrus scandens: Deciduous; small yellow-green flowers in summer followed by orange-yellow berries; 10m (30ft)
Clematis alpina, C. macropetala, C. montana, C.
Plant of the Week
Bittersweet
Latin: Celastrus scandens
American bittersweet blooms in late May with the showy crop of fruit maturing in October.
American Bittersweet ( Celastrus scandens )
American Bladdernut ( Staphylea trifolia )
American Coral Flower ( Heuchera americana ) ...
The more popular bittersweet (Celastrus scandens), a plant of the family Celastraceae (staff tree family), grows in thickets from Maine to North Carolina and W to Nebraska. Its berry is surrounded by an orange-yellow capsule.
SUGGESTED ALTERNATIVE PLANTS: Native vines such as trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans), pipevine (Aristolochia macrophylla), passionflower (Passiflora lutea), trumpet honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens), and native bittersweet (Celastrus scandens) ...
spp.) Stolonifera) Mountain Ash (Sorbus spp.) Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium spp.)Gray Stemmed Dogwood (Cornus Hawthorn (Crataegus spp.) paniculata) Cedar (Juniperus virginiana) Viburnums Tatarian Honeysuckle (TatarianBittersweet (Celastrus scandens) ...
 See also: Bittersweet, May, Green, Juniperus, Vine
  
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