Taxon

Berchemia scandens

 
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Berchemia scandens - Alabama supplejack, rattan-vine
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Common name: Alabama supplejack, rattan-vine
Family: Rhamnaceae (buckthorn family)
Distribution: s.e. United States to Central America
Hardiness: USDA Zone 5
Life form: Vine/Liana
Comments: A twining, high-climbing, deciduous woody vine. Stems are smooth, reddish to greenish gray in color and often found twining around trees in a tight spiral or forming a dense tangle over shrubs. Small greenish white flowers appear in late spring followed by blue drupe fruit that ripens in fall. Great plant for open fencerow or embankment groundcover.
Links: Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy) • The Plant List • USDA PLANTS Database - US Department of Agriculture

Locations

  • 1: MAG: CA14 (CA14) • Accession: D1994-0668.001 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
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