Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Celastrales > Celastraceae > Celastrus > Celastrus glaucophyllus

Celastrus glaucophyllus (Climbing spindleberry; Asian bittersweet; Asiatic bittersweet; oriental bittersweet; Japanese bittersweet; Rundblättriger Baumwürger; tsuru-ume-mo-doki)

Synonyms: Celastrus glaucophyllus var. angustus

Invasive Species

View ISSG Record: Celastrus glaucophyllus

Attributes

Bloom Period [1]  Spring
Drought Tolerance [1]  Medium
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Fire Tolerance [1]  High
Flower Type [2]  Dioecious
Frost Free Days [1]  3 months 10 days
Fruit/Seed Abundance [1]  High
Fruit/Seed Begin [1]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [1]  Fall
Growth Form [1]  Thicket Forming
Growth Period [1]  Spring, Summer
Growth Rate [1]  Rapid
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Bees
Propagation [1]  Bare Root, Container, Seed
Root Depth [1]  18 inches (46 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [1]  Moderate
Seed Vigor [1]  Medium
Seeds Per [1]  53760 / lb (118520 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [1]  Columnar
Structure [2]  Vine
Usage [2]  Used as a hedge;
Vegetative Spread Rate [1]  Rapid
Flower Color [1]  White
Foliage Color [1]  Green
Fruit Color [1]  Orange
Fall Conspicuous [1]  Yes
Fruit Conspicuous [1]  Yes
Height [2]  39 feet (12 m)
Width [2]  39 feet (12 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 3 Low Temperature: -40 F° (-40 C°) → -30 F° (-34.4 C°)
Light Preference [1]  Mostly Shady
Soil Acidity [1]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [1]  Intermediate
Water Use [1]  High
View Plants For A Future Record : Celastrus glaucophyllus

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Predators

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0