Euonymus wilsonii Sprague

Species

Angiosperms > Celastrales > Celastraceae > Euonymus

Characteristics

Evergreen shrubs, scandent, 3-4 m tall; branches and twigs sturdy, striate, green or brown when dry. Petiole 1-1.4 cm; leaf blade thinly leathery or papery, elliptic, ovate-elliptic, or long elliptic, 10-15 × 2.5-4.5 cm, base cuneate or attenuate, margin crenulate on distal 2/3, nearly entire on proximal 1/3, apex acute, acuminate, or caudate; lateral veins 6-8 pairs, impressed adaxially, prominent abaxially, netting before reaching margin. Peduncle 4-6 cm, 2 or 3 × dichotomously branched with many flowers; pedicel glabrous, 5-7 mm. Flowers 4-merous, small, 6-7 mm in diam.; sepals suborbicular; petals green, ovate, base attenuate. Ovary densely long prickly; stigma absent. Capsule red when fresh, yellow-brown or gray when dry, nearly globose, 1.5-2 cm in diam., 4-lobed, densely prickly, prickles 6-7 mm. Aril bright red. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Jul-Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 2.5 - 4.0
Mature height (meter) 2.75 - 4.0
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 4-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-10

Usage

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

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 220 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Euonymus wilsonii unspecified picture

Distribution

Euonymus wilsonii world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:161183-1
WFO ID wfo-0000682154
COL ID 3CH7L
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Euonymus wilsonii