Everything about The Staff Vine totally explained
The
staff vines, also known as
staff trees or
bittersweet, genus
Celastrus, comprise about 30 species of
shrubs and
vines. They have a wide distribution in eastern
Asia,
Australasia,
Africa and
the Americas.
The leaves are alternate and simple ovoid, typically 5-20 cm long. The flowers are small, white, pink or greenish, and borne in long panicles; the fruit is a red three-valved berry. The fruit are eaten by frugivorous
birds, which disperse the seeds in their droppings. All parts of the plants are
poisonous to
humans if eaten.
In
North America, they're known as
bittersweet, presumably a result of confusion with the unrelated
Bittersweet (
Solanum dulcamara) by early colonists.
C. orbiculatus is a serious
invasive weed in much of eastern North America.
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