Japanese bittersweet

Celastrus orbiculatus is a vine, which comes from East Asia. It is called Oriental Bittersweet, Asiatic Bittersweet, Japanese Bittersweet or Oriental Staff vine in English. It is not closely related with the Solanum dulcamara, which also is known as Bittersweet.

The Japanese name is tsuru ume modoki, which means more or less "creeping plumb fake". The kanji are 蔓梅擬. However, like many plant names it is often written with katakana, ツルウメモドキ, or as a mix of characters, both kanji and kana: 蔓梅もどき.

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