Vasilis Teodoridis:
Celastraceae | Euonymus
67. Euonymus laxiflorus Champion ex Bentham; Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 3: 333. 1851.
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Euonymus crosnieri H. Léveillé & Vaniot; E. forbesianus Loesener; E. incertus Pitard; E. pellucidifolius Hayata; E. rostratus W. W. Smith; E. rubescens Pitard; E. vaniotii H. Léveillé.
Deciduous shrubs to small trees; 3-12 m tall; to 18 cm d.b.h.; branches greenish gray; terete; sturdy; twigs greenish; 4-angled or striate when dry. Petiole subsessile or only 2-4 mm; leaf blade thinly leathery; elliptic-obovate or ovate; 6-10(-12) x 2.5-3.5 cm; base attenuate; margin nearly entire proximally; crenate distally; apex caudate or with a long tail; lateral veins unclear or invisible. Peduncle slender; 2-3.5 cm; 1-3 x dichotomously branched with few flowers; pedicel 6-10 mm. Flowers 5-merous; ca. 8 mm in diam.; sepals semiorbicular; very small; petals purple; suborbicular. Capsule obovoid; base attenuate; 5-angled and grooved; pinkish or reddish when fresh; brown or yellow-brown to red-brown when dry; 8-10 mm x ca. 1.2 cm. Seeds ovoid; dark brown; partially covered by orange aril. Fl. Mar-Aug; fr. May-Nov.
Forests; woodlands; scrub; 300-2200 m. Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Sichuan; Taiwan; Xizang; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Cambodia; India; Myanmar; Vietnam].