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Euonymus Japonicus Euonymus japonicus COMMON NAME Japanese spindleberry FAMILY Celastraceae FLORA CATEGORY Vascular – Exotic STRUCTURAL CLASS Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons NVS CODE EUOJAP HABITAT Terrestrial. FEATURES Kuaotunu West. Aug. Photographer: John Much branched evergreen shrub or small tree up to 7m high. Twigs green, Smith-Dodsworth terete or slightly 4-ribbed, smooth, often wrinkled when dry, not winged. Leaves opposite, obovate to elliptic, acute, crenate, 2.5~7cm long; petiole 5~15mm long. Cymes 5, many-flowered, pedunculate, dichotomous. Buds greenish, slightly 4-angled; flowers 4-merous, 6~10mm diam.; petals green, broadly elliptic, widely separated. Capsule globose, 4-celled, pink, 6~10mm diam., exposing orange to deep red aril after opening. (- Webb et al., 1988) SIMILAR TAXA Much branched evergreen shrub or small tree up to 7m high; twigs green, smooth, often wrinkled when dry; leaves opposite 2.5-7cm long; buds Kuaotunu West. Aug. Photographer: John greenish; petals green; fruit capsule pink, 6-10mm diameter, exposes Smith-Dodsworth orange to deep red seed appendages after opening (Webb et al., 1988). FLOWERING November, December FLOWER COLOURS Green, White FRUITING March, April, May YEAR NATURALISED 1980 ORIGIN Japan, China, Korea ETYMOLOGY euonymus: One possible explanation is this genus is named after Euonyme, the mother of the Furies (vengeance deities in Greek mythology) because of the irritating properties of this plant. Another explanation is that the name is simply from the Greek eu ‘good’ and onoma ‘name’, meaning ‘a name of good repute’. japonicus: From Japan Reason For Introduction Ornamental Life Cycle Comments Perennial. Poisonous plant: The spindle berries and orange coated seeds are poisonous. MORE INFORMATION https://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora/species/euonymus-japonicus/.
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