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Euonymus fortunei, an
evergreen liana growing in forests, fields, and mountains, climbs up
trees, emerging with aerial roots. Leaves with 3-10mm long petioles
are of the opposite, rarely alternate, phyllotaxis; blades are 2-6cm
long,1.5-3cm wide, long, oblong, with shallow serrations on margins,
and no hairs on both surfaces. Axils emerge in cymes with 7-15 small
yellow-green flowers. Capsules are spherical, 5-6mm in diameter,
mature in October-November, split into four, and appear as
orange-red seeds. Bloom time: June-July. |