Euonymus pendulus

Species of flowering plant

Euonymus pendulus

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Celastrales
Family:  | Celastraceae
Genus:  | Euonymus
Species:  |

E. pendulus

Binomial name
Euonymus pendulus

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Synonyms

Euonymus lucidus' D.Don

Euonymus pendulus is a species of Euonymus native to the Himalaya region, from Pakistan east to northern Assam.[1][2][3]

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.[1][4][5]

## References

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1. ^ a b Flora of Pakistan: Euonymus pendulus
2. ^ Nepal Checklist: Euonymus pendulus
3. ^ "Euonymus pendulus". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
4. ^ Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.
5. ^ Plants for a Future: Euonymus lucidus

Taxon identifiers

Euonymus lucidus|

* Wikidata: Q1022244
* Wikispecies: Euonymus lucidus
* CoL: 3CGZ6
* EoL: 2878270
* EPPO: EUOLU
* FoC: 242422360
* GBIF: 3791652
* iNaturalist: 410903
* IPNI: 160986-1
* NZOR: d9ec8d31-d337-4254-bab2-ebccfdc0eae4
* Open Tree of Life: 180140
* PFI: 8471
* Plant List: kew-2803467
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:160986-1
* Tropicos: 50283196
* WFO: wfo-0000681903