Euonymus aculeatus Hemsl.

Species

Angiosperms > Celastrales > Celastraceae > Euonymus

Characteristics

Evergreen shrubs, scandent, 2-3 m tall; branches and twigs sturdy, striate, brown or gray-brown when dry. Petiole 8-12 mm; leaf blade leathery, ovate, elliptic, or ovate-elliptic, 7-10 × 3-6 cm, base cuneate or attenuate, margin crenulate distally, nearly entire proximally, apex acute; lateral veins 5 or 6 pairs, disappearing before reaching margin. Peduncle 4-6 cm, 2 or 3 × dichotomously branched, several flowered; pedicel glabrous, 4-5 mm. Flowers 4-merous, small, 6-7 mm in diam.; sepals suborbicular; petals yellow-green, ovate, base cuneate. Ovary densely long prickly; stigma absent. Capsule red when fresh, yellow-brown when dry, nearly globose, 1-1.5 cm in diam., 4-lobed, densely prickly, prickles ca. 6 mm. Aril bright red. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Jul-Sep.
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Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature width (meter) 1.0 - 1.5
Mature height (meter) 1.75 - 2.75
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Environment

Light 1-9
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Soil acidity 2-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings.
Mode cuttings
Germination duration (days) 220 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 18
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Distribution

Euonymus aculeatus world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:160760-1
WFO ID wfo-0000681563
COL ID 6GY3L
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Echinocarpus hederaerhiza Euonymus aculeatus Euonymus xanthocarpus Echinocarpus hederirhizus