Species in the genus Euonymus:

Euonymus oxyphyllus / Tsuribana ツリバナ

Euonymus oxyphyllus, a deciduous shrub growing to 1-4m in height, inhabits forests in hilly to mountainous regions, with barks gray and smooth. Leaves are in the alternate arrangement; blades measure 3-10cm long, 2-5cm wide, oval, or long-oblong, with fine, obtuse serrations on margins. Both surfaces are with no hairs. Petioles measure 3-10mm long. Cymes come out of axils and hang down, which set 3-30 green-white or light purple flowers; the flowers measure as large as 8mm in diameter, and highly developed disks are in the centers of the flowers. Sepals, petals, and stamens are 5, respectively, and pistils 1. About 1cm across capsules, spherical, mature in red in September-October. Bloom time: May-June.