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Celastrus angulatus

Botanic Family

Celastraceae

Author

Maximowicz

Propagation

C.K.R.S.

Common Names

• Ku pi teng (Pinyin)
• False Bittersweet

Geographical Habitats

• Jiangxi
• Hebei
• Henan
• Shandong
• Jiangsu
• Hubei
• Hunan
• Gansu
• Shaanxi
• Shanxi
• Sichuan
• Guizhou
• Anhui
• Yunnan
• Guangdong
• Guangxi-China

Natural Habitats

• Montane thickets

Flowering Times

• May-Jun (China)

Fruiting Times

Deciduous woody twining dioecious shrub with 4-gangled lenticellate branches. Coriaceous glabrous leaves to 180mm x 140mm. Terminal thyrses to 200mm of pale green flowers with sepals to 1.2mm, 2mm x 1.2mm petals. Fruit a 10mm wide yellow capsule.

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Bean 1950
• Bailey 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• FOC
• Bodkin
• JAA