- Euonymus pendulus
Taxobox
name = "Euonymus pendulus"
regnum =Plant ae
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 theHimalaya region, fromPakistan east to northernAssam .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 smalltree , which grows to be 6–10 m tall with a dense, spreading crown and corky greybark . The leaves are glossy green and often bronze-red when newly opened. They arelanceolate to narrowovate , 5–12 cm long and 2–3 cm broad, with a serrated margin. Theflower s 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-redaril s.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"] ]References
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