Vasilis Teodoridis:
Celastraceae | Euonymus
59. Euonymus gibber Hance; J. Bot. 20: 77. 1882.
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Euonymus miyakei Hayata; E. xylocarpus C. Y. Cheng & Z. M. Gu.
Evergreen shrubs to small trees; to 3 m tall; branches terete; sturdy; twigs green to light green; 4-angled; twigs and leaves sometimes farinose. Petiole sturdy; less than 1 cm; leaf blade thinly leathery or thickly papyraceous; obovate-elliptic; 6-10 x 3-4.5 cm; base cuneate or attenuate; margin entire; apex obtuse or rounded; lateral veins invisible. Peduncle 3-4 cm; 1 or 2 x dichotomously branched; several flowered; pedicel ca. 5 mm. Flowers 5-merous; 10-12 mm in diam.; sepals semiorbicular; petals white to pink; obovate; apex fimbriate. Capsule obrhombic; with 5 angles and deep grooves; brown or yellow-brown to red-brown; ca. 1 x 1.2-1.4 cm; 5-lobed; basal sepals persistent. Seeds ellipsoid; dark brown; partly covered by orange-red aril. Fl. Jun-Aug; fr. Aug-Oct.
? Forests; woodlands; 100-1600 m. Guangdong; Hainan; Taiwan; Yunnan.