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§1 Plant
Cayratia japonica (Thunb.) Gagnep.
vernacular bushkiller — species · Vitaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Vitaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Cayratia
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Native
§2b
County-level range
· 18 counties across 4 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 18 counties across 4 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 2 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 4 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAJA7 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/8396216 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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