Euonymus carnosus Hemsl.

 
  • Family : CELASTRACEAE
    (Staff-Tree Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : MALKANGANI FAMILY (मालकांगनी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Celastraceae
  • Synonym(s) : Genitia carnosus (Hemsl.) H.L.Li & Ding Hou; Masakia carnosa (Hemsl.) Nakai; Euonymus batakensis Hayata; Euonymus huangii H.Y.Li & Yuen P.Yang; Euonymus platycline Ohwi; Euonymus tanakae Maxim.; Genitia batakensis (Hayata) Nakai; Genitia tanakae (Maxim.) Nakai
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Euonymus carnosus Hemsl.
  • Habit : Shrub or Tree
  • Key identification features : Deciduous shrubs or small tree, up to 8m high, diameter at breast height (d.b.h.) about 10 cm, branches and twigs grey-green to grey-brown, terete, sturdy; Leaves elliptic, oblong-elliptic, ovate, or obovate-elliptic, thickly papery to leathery, 6–13 × 1.5–7 cm, base cuneate or attenuate, margin crenulate, apex obtuse or mucronulate; Peduncle 2-6 cm, 1-3 × dichotomously branched with several to many flowers, pedicel 5-10 mm; Flowers tetramerous, diameter 10-12mm, sepals semirotund, persistent, petals yellow or brown-green, orbicular; Fruit capsule, 4-angled, brown to yellow-brown or red-brown, 1.2–1.5(–2) × 1–1.2(–1.5) cm, mature capsule 4 lobed; Seeds 3-6 per locule, ellipsoid, dark brown, arillate.
  • Flower, Fruit : May-November
  • Distribution :
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
  • Native : China, Japan, Nansei-shoto, Ogasawara-shoto, Taiwan
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : SE. China (to Hubei) to Temp. E. Asia
  • Read more :
  • Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Euonymus carnosus
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Euonymus carnosus. Downloaded on 3 October 2026.

Distribution District wise

India Distribution

World Distribution
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