Euonymus carnosus Hemsl.

Deciduous shrubs to small trees, to 8 m tall, ca. 10 cm d.b.h.; branches and twigs gray-green to gray-brown, terete, sturdy. Petiole 5-20 mm; leaf blade thickly papery to leathery, elliptic or oblong-elliptic to ovate or obovate-elliptic, 6-13 × 1.5-7 cm, base cuneate or attenuate, margin crenulate, apex obtuse or mucronulate; lateral veins 8-12 pairs, curving forward, redivided and webbing with veinlets before reaching margin. Peduncle 2-6 cm, 1-3 × dichotomously branched with several to many flowers; pedicel 5-10 mm. Flowers 4-merous, 10-12 mm in diam.; sepals semirotund, persistent; petals yellow or brown-green, orbicular. Capsule 4-angled (immature), brown or yellow-brown to red-brown, 1.2-1.5(-2) × 1-1.2(-1.5) cm, 4-lobed (mature). Seeds 3-6 per locule, ellipsoid, dark brown, arillate. Fl. May-Aug, fr. Aug-Nov.

It is a temperate plant. It can grow from sea level to 2,000 m above sea level but is more common between 200-900 m. It suits USDA hardiness zones 4-7.

Caution:

It can be used as a hedge.