垂丝卫矛Euonymus oxyphyllus

  • Scientific Name: Euonymus oxyphyllus Miq.
  • Ref: Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi. 2: 86. 1865.
  • Synonyms: Euonymus robusta;
    Euonymus laxiflora;
    Euonymus latifolia;
    Euonymus nipponica;
    Euonymus yesoensis;
    Euonymus oxyphylla var. chartaceifolia;
    Euonymus oxyphylla var. kuenbuergia;
    Euonymus oxyphylla var. yesoensis;
    Euonymus oxyphylla var. nipponica;
    Euonymus oxyphyllus var. yesoensis;
    Euonymus oxyphyllus var. nipponicus;
    Euonymus oxyphyllus var. kuenbuergia;
    Euonymus nipponicus;
    Euonymus robustus;
    Euonymus latifolius
  • Chinese Common Name: 垂丝卫矛 chuí sī wèi máo
  • Japanese Common Name: イースタンワーフー; ツリバナ(tsuribana)
  • Family: Celastraceae
  • Genus: Euonymus
  • Distribution: Forests, woodlands; near sea level to 2300 m. Anhui, Fujian, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Shandong, Taiwan, Zhejiang [Japan, Korea].
  • Type: In insula Nippon:siebold, in monte haud procul ab Aso : keiske, in vallibus montis Homan Dake ins. Kiusiu legit pierot.
 Deciduous shrubs to small trees, 3-4 m tall; branches and twigs terete, sturdy, brown or dark brown when dry. Petiole less than ca. 1 cm; leaf blade thickly papery or thinly leathery, ovate-elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, 7-12 × 3.5-5 cm, base cuneate or attenuate, margin finely serrulate, apex acuminate or acute; lateral veins 5-7 pairs, netting and disappearing before reaching margin. Peduncle slender, 6-10 cm, 1-3 × dichotomously branched with several to many flowers; pedicel thin and slender, less than 10 mm. Flowers 5-merous, 6-8 mm in diam.; sepals suborbicular, short; petals white with a little purple, obovate, apex rotund or acute, base cuneate. Capsule green to brown, or yellow-brown when dry, nearly globose, ca. 1.2 cm in diam., without wings or at most slightly 5-angled. Aril bright red. Fl. Apr-Jun, fr. Aug-Nov.(Flora of China)

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