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Latin Name: Celastrus scandens
Common Name: American Bittersweet
Family: Celastraceae
Vining technique: twining
Native range: Central and eastern North America
Sun/Shade: sun to part shade
Height: to 20''
Zones: 3-8
dioecious (primarily)
Flower: greenish-white-yellow, small and inconspicuous, in panicles, June
Fruit: orange-yellow spherical capsules that split in three when ripe in August-October with to red-orange. Ripe fruit has fleshy red seeds (arils).
Prune: late winter-early spring; blooms on new season's growth
Wildife: birds eat the fruits, rabbits and deer eat stems and leaves. Bee-pollinated.
Native use: Leaves, roots, bark for rheumatism, childbirth pain, gastro-intestinal issues, skin ulcers, TB, toothaches. (The fruit is toxic.)
Notes: Plant 1 male for 6-9 females, C. scandens grows on/up other trees and shrubs.
Where to find Celastrus scandens
Common Name: American Bittersweet
Family: Celastraceae
Vining technique: twining
Native range: Central and eastern North America
Sun/Shade: sun to part shade
Height: to 20''
Zones: 3-8
dioecious (primarily)
Flower: greenish-white-yellow, small and inconspicuous, in panicles, June
Fruit: orange-yellow spherical capsules that split in three when ripe in August-October with to red-orange. Ripe fruit has fleshy red seeds (arils).
Prune: late winter-early spring; blooms on new season's growth
Wildife: birds eat the fruits, rabbits and deer eat stems and leaves. Bee-pollinated.
Native use: Leaves, roots, bark for rheumatism, childbirth pain, gastro-intestinal issues, skin ulcers, TB, toothaches. (The fruit is toxic.)
Notes: Plant 1 male for 6-9 females, C. scandens grows on/up other trees and shrubs.
Where to find Celastrus scandens
Celastrus scandens ripe fruit
