About

All Species

More Genus

Plant Encyclopedia > Bittersweet

Exploring the Bittersweet Plants

Feedback

8 most common species：

Brexia is a shrub or small tree, usually 3 to 7 m, but occasionally up to 10 m high. The leathery leaf blades are between 3.5 cm and 50 cm long and 2 cm and 11 cm wide. Each inflorescence may consist of usually between three and twelve flowers, but may occasionally contain as few as one and as many as seventeen flowers. The fully grown fruit is a drupe of 4 to 10 cm × 2 to 3 cm, ovoid to cylindric, with five prominent ribs. It contains brown or almost black, finely wrinkled, irregularly compressed, oval, keeled seeds of 4.5 to 8 cm× 3 to 3.5 mm. Brexia naturally grows on the coast of East Africa, on Madagascar, the Comoros and Seychelles.

Putterlickia

All Species of Bittersweet

Pterocelastrus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae containing 17 species.

Microtropis

There are about 70 species. They are trees and shrubs, evergreen or deciduous, with oppositely arranged leaves and white or yellowish flowers. Microtropis are distributed in Asia, Africa, and Central America.

The crucifixion Thorn genus contains only one species, Canotia holacantha. This is a flowering shrub that thrives in arid areas. It is a common sight in the deserts of the southwestern parts of the United States. This plant is known for its branches with sharp thorns.

Schaefferia

Schaefferia is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are found in the Neotropics. The plants are dioecious, with flowers that are unisexual by abortion. The flowers are usually clustered in the leaf axil, although they are solitary in some species. The fruit is a drupe. Acevedo-Rodríguez reports 16 species in the genus.

Spike thorn is an Old World genus of plants, that comprise suffrutices, shrubs and trees. It was formerly considered congeneric with Maytenus, but more recent investigations separated it based on the presence of achyblasts (truncated branchlets) and spines, alternate leaves or fascicles of leaves, an inflorescence that forms a dichasium, mostly unisexual flowers, and fruit forming a dehiscent capsule, with an aril on the seed. The genus occurs in Africa, Asia, Europe and Australia. The genus includes some 114 species.

Tricerma

Catha

Three species of the genus are accepted.

Crossopetalum

Staff vines

Staff vines

Staff vines are a group of shrubs and vines that have small white, pink, or greenish flowers and berries with three valves. Some species are cultivated as ornamentals, but other species are invasive. Many species are often named 'bittersweet' because colonists in the Americas during the 18th century mistook these species as nightshade (Solanum dulcamara), which was also called 'bittersweet.'

Sand paper bush

Sand paper bush

Sand paper bushs are rough, hairy shrubs with leathery leaves and panicles of fleshy white to purplish flowers. They bear nutlets containing 1 seed each. They are native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where they are most abundant in dry regions.

Paxistima

Paxistima are a small genus that are endemic to the mountains of North America. These perennial evergreen shrubs are often cultivated as low hedges or ground cover. They are a food source for rats, which enjoy eating the bark and leaves. Paxistima have been reported as threatened or endangered in some US States.

Bog-Stars

Bog-Stars

Bog-Stars grow in a variety of habitats, including damp woods, fens, and alpine meadows. They are widely cultivated in parts of Ireland for their flowers, which are also used as a clan symbol by an Irish missionary. A British county depicts the flowers on their flag as well, making the plants easily recognizable in certain parts of the United Kingdom.

More Popular Genus

Feedback

Dracaena

Dracaena are popular house plants that are easy to grow. They can tolerate low-light conditions and require little watering. Their leaves range from variegated to dark green. Their characteristic traits include woody stems that grow slowly but offer a striking appearance for small spaces such as apartments or offices.

Fig trees

Fig trees have been cultivated in many regions for their fruits, particularly the common fig, F. carica. Most of the species have edible fruits, although the common fig is the only one of commercial value. Fig trees are also important food sources for wildlife in the tropics, including monkeys, bats, and insects.

Brambles

Brambles are members of the rose family, and there are hundreds of different types to be found throughout the European countryside. They have been culturally significant for centuries; Christian folklore stories hold that when the devil was thrown from heaven, he landed on a bramble bush. Their vigorous growth habit can tangle into native plants and take over.

Maples

The popular tree family known as maples change the color of their leaves in the fall. Many cultural traditions encourage people to watch the colors change, such as momijigari in Japan. Maples popular options for bonsai art. Alternately, their sap is used to create maple syrup.

Prunus

Prunus is a genus of flowering fruit trees that includes almonds, cherries, plums, peaches, nectarines, and apricots. These are often known as "stone fruits" because their pits are large seeds or "stones." When prunus trees are damaged, they exhibit "gummosis," a condition in which the tree's gum (similar to sap) is secreted to the bark to help heal external wounds.

Nightshades

Nightshades is a large and diverse genus of plants, with more than 1500 different types worldwide. This genus incorporates both important staple food crops like tomato, potato, and eggplant, but also dangerous poisonous plants from the nightshade family. The name was coined by Pliny the Elder almost two thousand years ago.

Roses

Most species of roses are shrubs or climbing plants that have showy flowers and sharp thorns. They are commonly cultivated for cut flowers or as ornamental plants in gardens due to their attractive appearance, pleasant fragrance, and cultural significance in many countries. The rose hips (fruits) can also be used in jams and teas.

Oaks

Oaks are among the world's longest-lived trees, sometimes growing for over 1,000 years! The oldest known oak tree is in the southern United States and is over 1,500 years old. Oaks produce an exceedingly popular type of wood which is used to make different products, from furniture and flooring to wine barrels and even cosmetic creams.

Bittersweet

Celastraceae

Exploring the Bittersweet Plants

Feedback

8 most common species：

Show More Species

All Species of Bittersweet

More Popular Genus

Feedback

Cookie Name	Source	Purpose	Lifespan
_ga	Google Analytics	These cookies are set because of our use of Google Analytics. They are used to collect information about your use of our application/website. The cookies collect specific information, such as your IP address, data related to your device and other information about your use of the application/website. Please note that the data processing is essentially carried out by Google LLC and Google may use your data collected by the cookies for own purposes, e.g. profiling and will combine it with other data such as your Google Account. For more information about how Google processes your data and Google’s approach to privacy as well as implemented safeguards for your data, please see here.	1 Year
_pta	PictureThis Analytics	We use these cookies to collect information about how you use our site, monitor site performance, and improve our site performance, our services, and your experience.	1 Year

Cookie Name	Source	Purpose	Lifespan
_fbp	Facebook Pixel	A conversion pixel tracking that we use for retargeting campaigns. Learn more here.	1 Year
_adj	Adjust	This cookie provides mobile analytics and attribution services that enable us to measure and analyze the effectiveness of marketing campaigns, certain events and actions within the Application. Learn more here.	1 Year