Euonymus gibber
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit, Caution
Caution:
Known Hazards
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant. It grows in woodlands between 100-1,600 m above sea level.
Asia, China, Taiwan,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
How to Identify
A shrub or small tree. It grows 3 m tall. It loses its leaves during the year. The twigs are green and 4 angled. The leaves are oval and 6-10 cm long by 3-5 cm wide. There are several flowers on branched stalks. The fruit capsule has 5 angles and deep grooves. They are 1 cm long by 1.3 cm wide. The seeds are dark brown and narrowly oval.
Notes
There are about 175 Euonymus species.
Names & Synonyms
Liu su wei mao
Euonymus miyakei HayataEuonymus xylocarpus C.Y.Cheng & Z. M. Gu
References (4)
- Altschul, S.V.R., 1973, Drugs and Foods from Little-known Plants. Notes in Harvard University Herbaria. Harvard Univ. Press. Massachusetts. no. 2541 (As Euonymus miyakei)
- Flora of China
- Flora of Taiwan Vol 3:645 (As Euonymus miyakei)
- Plants for a Future database, The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, UK. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/ (As Euonymus miyakei)
