Black Oil Plant (Celastrus paniculatus Willd.)
Also known as climbing staff tree, and intellect tree, oriental bittersweet.
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↑Range - Expand
| Legend | Color |
| Introduced |
This tentative map is based on our own research. It may have limited data on Canada and/or Mexico, and there is some subjectivity in our assignment of plants as introduced vs. expanded. Read more in this blog post.
Although this plant occurs somewhere in each of these regions, it may only occur in a small part of some or all of them.
↑Notes
Although USDA PLANTS lists the common name "Oriental bittersweet" for this species, we recommend against using that name because it is ambiguous and more often refers to oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus). The other common names we list are both more widely-used to refer to this species, and less ambiguous.
↑Links & External Resources
• Celastrus paniculatus (Oriental bittersweet) | USDA PLANTS Database (About This Site)
• Celastrus paniculatus | Biota of North America Project (BONAP) (About This Site)
