Nishikigi
Euonymus alatus


A deciduous shrub with yellowish grey smooth bark.

Leaves are opposite, obovate, acute at the apex.

Branchlets has 2-4 broadcorky wings.

It grows widely in the warm to the cool temperate zone.

The wood is used for printing blocks, sticks, wooden pegs. It is planted for garden trees.

Distribution ; Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku,Kyushu, Korea, China



ANGYMNOSPERMAE ‡V

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