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Euonymus japonicus Thunb.

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Euonymus japonicus Thunb., Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis 203 (1780)
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.

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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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Thunb.
Thunb.
1780
203
ICN
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
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Euonymus japonicus

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japonicus

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Euonymus japonicus Thunb.

Much-branched, glabrous, evergreen shrub or small tree up to 7 m high. Twigs green, terete or slightly 4-ribbed, smooth, often wrinkled when dry, not winged. Lvs opposite, obovate to elliptic, acute, crenate, 2.5-7 cm long; petiole 5-15 mm long. Cymes 5-many-flowered, pedunculate, dichotomous. Buds greenish, slightly 4-angled; fls 4-merous, 6-10 mm diam.; petals green, broadly elliptic, widely separated. Capsule globose, 4-celled, pink, 6-10 mm diam., exposing the orange to deep red aril after opening.

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Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.

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Exotic
Cultivated
New Zealand
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Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
New Zealand
Westland Land District

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fa899c92-136e-4180-b81d-d953e7c68a80
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
13 June 2006
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