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|accepted_name=Causonis japonica
|accepted_authority=(Thunberg) Rafinesque
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sylva Tellur.,
|place=87. 1838
|year=1838
}}
|common_names=Bushkiller
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Vitis japonica
|authority=Thunberg in J. A. Murray
|publication_title=Syst. Veg. ed.,Fl. Jap.
|publication_place=14, 244. 1784,104. 1784
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cayratia japonica
|authority=(Thunberg) Gagnepain
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cissus japonica
|authority=(Thunberg) Willdenow
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Columella japonica
|authority=(Thunberg) Merrill
}}
|hierarchy=Vitaceae;Causonis;Causonis japonica
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Vitaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Causonis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Causonis japonica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 23
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Branchlets </b>usually purplish. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole slightly shorter to ± equaling blade; blade triangular-ovate in outline; leaflets (3–)5, lateral short-petiolulate, terminal long-petiolulate, leaflets narrowly ovate to oblong, 1–14.5 × 0.5–4.5 cm, terminal larger than lateral, base cuneate to rounded, margins crenate to crenate-serrate, apex usually acute or short-acuminate, sometimes obtuse to rounded, surfaces glabrous or abaxial puberulent. <b>Flowers</b> green to yellowish green. <b>Berries</b> globose, 8–12 mm diam. <b>2n</b> = 40, 60.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late May–Jun; fruiting Aug–Sep.
|habitat=Forest edges and openings, pastures, waste areas.
|elevation=0–300 m.
|distribution=Ala.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;Tex.;e;se Asia;Australia.
|discussion=<p><i>Causonis japonica</i> was first reported naturalized in Louisiana in the 1960s (L. H. Shinners 1964). It has since escaped from cultivation elsewhere and become naturalized in scattered places in the southeastern United States.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Causonis japonica
|author=
|authority=(Thunberg) Rafinesque
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Cayratia japonica;Cissus japonica;Columella japonica
|basionyms=Vitis japonica
|family=Vitaceae
|phenology=Flowering late May–Jun; fruiting Aug–Sep.
|habitat=Forest edges and openings, pastures, waste areas.
|elevation=0–300 m.
|distribution=Ala.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;Tex.;e;se Asia;Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sylva Tellur.,
|publication year=1838
|special status=Introduced;Selected by author to be illustrated
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_466.xml
|genus=Causonis
|species=Causonis japonica
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