Common Name: oriental bittersweet, asiatic bittersweetScientific Name: Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb. Family Name: Celastraceae - Stafftree FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cycleintroduced perennial, reproducing by seed and rootsuckers Stemswoody deciduous, climbing vine, twisting around support, tendril absent, lenticels Leavesalternate, variable (round, elliptic, ovate or obovate), acute to round tip, margins serrate, glabrous Flowers5-petaled, greenish-white, small; male and female on separate plants Fruitthree-valved, round, green to bright yellow when mature, yellow outer covering splits to reveal orange-red berry