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Euonymus latifolius
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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles
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'Euonymus latifolius' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Synonyms
- Euonymus europaeus var. latifolius L.
- Kalonymus latifolia (L.) Prokh.
Other taxa in genus
- Euonymus alatus
- Euonymus americanus
- Euonymus atropurpureus
- Euonymus cornutus
- Euonymus echinatus
- Euonymus europaeus
- Euonymus fortunei
- Euonymus frigidus
- Euonymus grandiflorus
- Euonymus hamiltonianus
- Euonymus japonicus
- Euonymus kiautschovicus
- Euonymus leiophloeus
- Euonymus lucidus
- Euonymus maackii
- Euonymus macropterus
- Euonymus myrianthus
- Euonymus nanoides
- Euonymus nanus
- Euonymus obovatus
- Euonymus oxyphyllus
- Euonymus phellomanus
- Euonymus planipes
- Euonymus sanguineus
- Euonymus semenowii
- Euonymus theifolius
- Euonymus tingens
- Euonymus vagans
- Euonymus velutinus
- Euonymus verrucosus
- Euonymus wilsonii
A deciduous shrub or small tree 10 ft or more high, with a spreading, loose head of branches, glabrous in all its parts; young shoots angled, winter buds elongated. Leaves oval, oblong or obovate, 3 to 5 in. long, 11⁄2 to 21⁄4 in. wide, rounded or wedge-shaped at the base, pointed, very finely and evenly toothed; stalk about 1⁄4 in. long. Flowers greenish, about 3⁄8 in. across, the parts normally in fives, produced in early May, seven to fifteen together, on very slender-stalked cymes 2 to 3 ins. long. Fruits pendulous, 3⁄4 in. across before bursting, rich rosy red with five, sometimes four, winged lobes; aril orange-coloured. Bot. Mag., t. 2384.
Native of Europe, Anatolia, the Caucasus and northern Iran; introduced in 1730. Excepting the native E. europaeus, this is the most ornamental of all the genus in our gardens; its individual fruit is much larger and more effective than that of the common spindle-tree but is not borne in such profusion. Grown as a small tree in rich deep soil, it will reach 20 ft in height, and such a specimen, hung with its long-stalked fruit in September, is one of the most beautiful objects of autumn.