Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Celastrus punctatus being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Celastrus kusanoi
- Ilex kusanoi — considered toxic
- Schisandra arisanensis
- Casearia decandra
- Tripterygium wilfordii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Celastrales
- Family
- Celastraceae
- Genus
- Celastrus
- Species
- Celastrus punctatus
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