Euonymus giraldii Loes.

Species

Angiosperms > Celastrales > Celastraceae > Euonymus

Characteristics

Deciduous shrubs or small trees, 3-7 m tall; branches and twigs moderately sturdy, striate, brown or gray-brown when dry. Petiole less than 1 cm; leaf blade thickly papery or thinly leathery, variously elliptic-lanceolate to ovate-elliptic, 6-8 × 2-3.5 cm, widest at mid-blade, base subrotund, cuneate, or attenuate, margin finely crenulate, apex acuminate or acute; lateral veins 5-7 pairs, disappearing before reaching margin. Peduncle slender, 5-7 cm, 1 or 2 × dichotomously branched, several flowered; pedicel slender, 5-6 mm. Flowers 4-merous, less than 8 mm in diam.; sepals suborbicular, short; petals reddish to purple, ovate, base cuneate. Ovary weakly angulate. Capsule green to brown, or yellow-brown when dry, nearly globose, less than ca. 1 cm in diam., with 4 short and sharp wings, greater than ca. 6 mm when fully developed. Aril bright red. Fl. Apr-Jun, fr. Jul-Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 3.0 - 7.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 220 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 18
Germination luminosity -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Distribution

Euonymus giraldii world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Euonymus giraldii threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:160904-1
WFO ID wfo-0000681777
COL ID 3CGWH
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
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Synonyms

Euonymus giraldii Euonymus kansuensis Euonymus pashanensis Euonymus perbellus Euonymus giraldii var. angustialatus Euonymus giraldii var. ciliatus Euonymus giraldii var. giraldii