Celastrus orbiculatus, a woody vine long revered in traditional Asian medicine, has emerged as a promising candidate in the arena of gastric cancer research. Modern investigations have revealed that ...

As the holidays approach, many of us are busy decorating our homes in anticipation of Christmas. Christmas trees, pine branches, and boughs of holly make frequent appearances in our living rooms, on ...

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Brought from Asia in the 1860s as an ornamental plant, round leaf bittersweet is a perennial in the Celastraceae family. It is an invasive woody vine that inhabits suitable areas where it can find a ...

November’s Weed of the Month, Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus), is a woody vine with colorful red fruit. It was brought to North America from the Asia and used as an ornamental plant. The ...

Gardeners hoping to celebrate the beauty of American bittersweet -- a native vine that produces orange berries in the fall and is used for wreaths -- may be unwittingly buying an invasive bittersweet ...

If you buy bittersweet, be sure to buy the native American bittersweet (Celastrus scandens) not the Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus) which — while more showy —can become an invasive ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - It's hard to hate pretty plants - even when they're pretty invasive and even poisonous too. That's true of the weed Solanum dulcamara often called Climbing Bittersweet ...