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Celastrus aculeatus

Botanic Family

Celastraceae

Author

Merrill

Common Names

• Guo shan feng (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Fujian
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Jiangxi
• Yunnan
• Zhejiang - China

Natural Habitats

• Thickets
• forest
• montane areas

Flowering Times

• Mar-Apr (China)

Fruiting Times

• Aug-Sep (China)

Twining shrub with glabrescent branchlets. Glabrous leaves to 100mm x 60mm. Axillary or lateral cymes, generally 3-flowered, of yellow-brown flowers with sepals to 2.5mm, 4mm petals. Fruit a capsule to 8mm wide with persistent sepals.

Further References

• FOC
• NYBG
• WFO