Japanese name: ヒロハノツリバナ（広葉吊花） Scientific name:Euonymus macropterus
[Overview]
A deciduous small tree 2–3 m tall, growing in forests in the mountains.
The current-year and previous-year twigs are green, and old branches become purplish brown.
The leaves are simple and opposite, obovate to oblong, 5–16 cm long and 2–8 cm wide, papery, with fine serrations on the margin.
The petiole is 0.5–1 cm long.
The flowers are borne, 3–21 per cyme, in cymes 3–10 cm long that arise from the leaf axils at the base of new branches or beside the bud scale scars.
The inflorescence has a stalk 2.5–5 cm long and hangs down.
The flowers are 4-petaled, about 5–6 mm across, and pale yellowish green.
The fruit has 4 long triangular wings and is a capsule about 2 cm across including the wings.
The fruit ripens purplish red, splits into 4, and releases vermilion seeds.
[Cultivation]
Propagate from seed or cuttings.
It prefers a position in sun to partial shade with good drainage and good moisture retention.
