| English Name | Long-leaved Euonymus |
|---|---|
| Status in China | Endangered (EN) |
Description:
Small shrubs. Leaves more or less leathery, glossy, rectangular-lanceolate, 8-14 cm long, 1.5-3 cm wide, apex narrowly acuminate, margin very sparsely serrate or subentire, lateral veins 5-7, inconspicuous, slender; petiole 5-8 mm long. Cymes 1-2 in axil of leaves, rather short; flowers pale green, 7 mm in diam., 5-merous; sepals imbricate, inner two larger; petals suborbicular, 3 mm long; stamens without filaments; pistil without style, stigma appressed, minutely 5-lobed. Capsule reddish when matured, obtriangular, 5-lobed, lobes broad at apex, ca. 1 cm wide in the widest place.
Distribution:
Ma On Shan, Mui Tsz Lam. Guangdong.
Habitat and Ecology:
Shaded and moist places in forest on hillslopes or in valleys. Flowering: Feb.-Jun.; fruiting: Jan. of the following year.
First discovered in Happy Valley around 1850, the species is restricted to Hong Kong and Guangdong and is thus of special botanical interest. In Hong Kong, most localities of occurrence are within Country Parks under protection.
References:
誠靜容、馬金雙、黃普華，1999：中國植物誌45(3): 60。科學出版社，北京。
