Euonymus distichus H.Lév.

Species

Angiosperms > Celastrales > Celastraceae > Euonymus

Characteristics

Deciduous shrubs, 1-2 m tall; young branches and twigs 4-angled, green or brown when dry. Petiole sessile or very short, 1-3 mm; leaf blade papery, ovate or ovate-elliptic, 3.5-5 × 1.8-2.5 cm, base cuneate or suborbicular, margin crenulate, apex acute or acuminate; lateral veins ca. 5 pairs, invisible, disappearing before reaching margin. Pedicel slender, less than ca. 1 cm. Flowers single, axillary, 4-merous, 8-9 mm in diam.; sepals orbicular; petals light yellow or greenish yellow, orbicular, base nearly attenuate. Capsule reddish brown when fresh, brown or gray when dry, ca. 1 cm in diam., 4-lobed, sometimes only 3 lobes developing, lobes ovoid. Aril bright red. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Aug-Nov.
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Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 2.0
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JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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AprMayJun
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OctNovDec
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 220 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 18
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Distribution

Euonymus distichus world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:160861-1
WFO ID wfo-0000681709
COL ID 3CGVB
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Synonyms

Euonymus distichus