Staff Tree

Staff Tree
Related Category: Plants
common name for some temperate members of the Celastraceae, a family of trees and shrubs (many of them climbing forms), widely distributed except in polar regions.

Waxwork, American Bittersweet, Staff Tree
These vigorous, colorful vines clamber and twine over walls, fences, slopes and stumps.

Flagellaris Staff Tree [English]: Celastrus flagellaris
Flageolet [English]: Phaseolus vulgaris 'Chevrier Vert'
Flageolet [English]: Phaseolus vulgaris 'Flambeau'
Flageolet [English]: Phaseolus vulgaris 'Multicoloured' ...

CELASTRACEAE (Staff tree family)
A slow-growing evergreen decorator tree with small, finely toothed leaves, typically 1 by 1/4 inch, that hang in an attractive pattern.

Celastraceae, Staff Tree view all from this family
Description
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.

See also: Orange, Green, Bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, Fruits