Euonymus hamiltonianus subsp. sieboldianus var. sanguineus ("Kantomayumi")

Japanese name: カントウマユミ （関東真弓、関東檀、関東檀弓）
Scientific name: Euonymus hamiltonianus subsp. sieboldianus var. sanguineus

[Overview]
A deciduous small tree about 3 m tall, growing in forests and at forest edges in the mountains.
The current-year twigs are green and smooth.
The leaves are simple and opposite, elliptic to oblong, 5–15 cm long and 2–8 cm wide, with fine wavy serrations on the margin.
The veins on the underside of the leaves are densely covered with short, protruding hairs.
The leaves turn red in autumn.
The petiole is 0.5–2 cm long.
The plant is dioecious, and the inflorescences and flowers have the same form on male and female plants.
One or two pairs of cymes 2–4 cm long arise beside the bud scale scars at the base of the current-year twigs, each bearing 1–7 flowers.
The inflorescence has a stalk 1.5–2 cm long, and the flower stalks are 5–7 mm.
The flowers are about 1 cm across, with 4 yellowish-green petals.
The fruit is a globose capsule about 1 cm across, with 4 ridges, and is angular.
The fruit ripens pale red, splits into 4, and hangs out red seeds.

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