The Oriental Bittersweet
This plant, like the others is invasive. Although I like to personally call it the big oxymoron of the plant world, it is known as the oriental bittersweet as well, it does damage, but before any of that you must learn what it is. To do so, scroll down find out more.
Taxonomy
Just like any living being, this plant has a taxonomy.The round leaf Bittersweet is in the kingdom of plantar, the phylum of magnoliophyta, the Class of Magnoliopsida, the Order of Celastrales, the Family of Celastraceae, the Genus of Celastrus, and the species of C. orbiculatus(15).
The Vine of the Plant
The Oriental Bittersweets vines are like many other invasive plant species.The vines of the Round leaf bittersweet is a woody vine that climb and smother trees and shrubs(16). The vine grows to be 66 feet long, and wind around a tree or another support structure(16). They also have a whitish, raised lenticels on there vine(16). The root of the plant is orange(17).
The Leaf
The leaves of the Round leaf Bittersweet are green and then naturally turn yellow in the fall(16). The leaves are not identical and vary in shape from being an oblong to nearly round shape(16). The leaf size is about 2.5 inches long to 1.4- 2 inches wide(16). The leaf margins have rounded teeth(16).
The Flower and Fruits
Flowering occurs in the spring and the flowers are always arranged in two to seven at the leaf axils(16). Every Flower has 5 petals and 5 sepals(16). The pollen on the male flower is white(16).There are male and female plants of the Round leaf Bittersweet(16). The fruits of the plant are round and do naturally change color from green to bright red with a yellow capsule when they rippen(16). A usual female plant can produce 370 fruits which then ripen in the fall(16).