What are the morphological characteristics of Euonymus japonicus (Japanese spindle)?
Evergreen shrub or small tree, up to 5 m tall; branchlets nearly four-angled. Leaves leathery, glossy on the surface, obovate or narrowly elliptic, 3-6 cm long, 2-3 cm wide, apex acute or obtuse, base cuneate, margins finely serrate; petiole about 6-12 mm long. Flowers greenish-white, in 4s, 5-12 arranged in dense cymes, axillary. Capsule nearly spherical, with 4 shallow grooves, about 1 cm in diameter; seeds brown, aril orange-red. Flowering period June-July, fruit ripening period September-October.
Evergreen shrub or small tree, up to 5 m tall; branchlets nearly four-angled. Leaves leathery, glossy on the surface, obovate or narrowly elliptic, 3-6 cm long, 2-3 cm wide, apex acute or obtuse, base cuneate, margins finely serrate; petiole about 6-12 mm long. Flowers greenish-white, in 4s, 5-12 arranged in dense cymes, axillary. Capsule nearly spherical, with 4 shallow grooves, about 1 cm in diameter; seeds brown, aril orange-red. Flowering period June-July, fruit ripening period September-October.