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Celastrus glaucophyllus

Botanic Family

Celastraceae

Author

Rehder & E.H. Wilson

Propagation

C.K.R.S.

Cultivated

C

Common Names

• Hui ye nan she teng (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Guangxi
• Hubei
• Hunan
• Guizhou
• S. Shaanxi
• Sichuan
• Xizang
• Yunnan - China
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Thickets
• forest.

Flowering Times

• Mar-Jun (China)

Fruiting Times

• Aug-Oct (China)

Deciduous twining shrub with lenticellate branchlets. Coriaceous leaves to 100mm x 65mm. Axillary to terminal panicles to 60mm of 5mm green flowers, sepals to 2mm, petals to 5mm x 2.2mm. 10mm wide orange-yellow fruit splitting to reveal red-coated seeds

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Bean 1950
• Krussmann 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• GWC 1997
• FOC
• WFO