Japanese spindletree
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 3.8 m
- wide
- 2.0 m
Celastraceae
Formerly Elaeodendron javanicum, Euonymus carrierei, Euonymus pulchellus, Euonymus variegatus, and 4 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Korea, Japan to Nansei-shotōKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 3.0 m to 4.6 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 1.5 m to 2.4 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, red, greenRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -23.3 °C (USDA zone 6a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (3)
- Chinese
- 大叶黄杨, 常春卫矛, 冬青卫矛
- Simplified Chinese
- 大叶黄杨, 冬青卫矛, 正木
- Welsh
- piswydden fythwyrdd
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Euonymus japonicus (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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