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Euonymus fortunei

Botanic Family

Celastraceae

Author

(Turczaninow) Handel-Mazzetti

Propagation

C.D.L.S.

Cultivated

C, ornamental

Common Names

• Ci Xin (Tibetan)
• Fu fang teng (Pinyin)
• Tsuru-masaki (Japan)

Geographical Habitats

• Anhui
• Fujian
• Gansu
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hainan
• Hebei
• Henan
• Hubei
• Hunan
• Jiangsu
• Jiangxi
• Liaoning
• Qinghai
• Shaanxi
• Shandong
• Shanxi
• Sichuan
• Taiwan
• Xinjiang
• Yunnan
• Zheijiang - China
• Assam - India
• Java
• Lesser Sunda Islands
• Sulawesi
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Hokkaido
• Honshu
• Kyushu
• Ryukyu Is.
• Shikoku - Japan
• Korea
• Laos
• Myanmar
• Pakistan
• Philippines
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Woodland
• forest
• scrubland
• coastal
• low montane woodland & thickets

Flowering Times

• Apr-Jul (China)
• Jun-Jul (Japan)

Fruiting Times

• Sep-Dec (China)

Scandent evergreen sometimes climbing or procumbent subshrub with aerial roots, coriaceous serrate leaves to 40mm long. Inflorescence up to 7-flowered cyme to 50mm long, 5mm diameter pale green axillary flowers, pinkish fruit a capsule 6mm diameter, ageing red-brown

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Krussmann 1976
• Bailey 1976
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• FOC
• Chujian 2001
• Bodkin
• The Plant List 2
• JAA
• FOJ