Euonymus pendulus

Taxobox
name = "Euonymus pendulus"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Celastrales
familia = Celastraceae
genus = "Euonymus"
species = "E. pendulus"
binomial = "Euonymus pendulus"
binomial_authority = Wall.

"Euonymus pendulus" (syn. "E. lucidus" D.Don) is a species of "Euonymus" native to the Himalaya region, from Pakistan east to northern Assam.Flora of Pakistan: [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242422363 "Euonymus pendulus"] ] Nepal Checklist: [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=242422363 "Euonymus pendulus"] ] Germplasm Resources Information Network: [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?16292 "Euonymus pendulus"] ]

It is an evergreen shrub or small tree, which grows to be 6–10 m tall with a dense, spreading crown and corky grey bark. The leaves are glossy green and often bronze-red when newly opened. They are lanceolate to narrow ovate, 5–12 cm long and 2–3 cm broad, with a serrated margin. The flowers are small, with four white petals approximately 4 mm long. The fruit produced by the plant are three or four-lobed berry-like capsules which are 15 mm broad. Each contains three or four seeds surrounded by fleshy orange-red arils.Huxley, A., ed. (1992). "New RHS Dictionary of Gardening". Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.] Plants for a Future: [http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Euonymus+lucidus "Euonymus lucidus"] ]

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