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Euonymus cochinchinensis

Euonymus cochinchinensis
Photo: LiCheng Shih, CC BY 2.0

Euonymus cochinchinensis is a small tree of tropical Asia, growing up to about 12 m, in the staff vine family Celastraceae. It is a wild forest species rarely grown in gardens, so care notes are general and it suits warm, humid conditions.

Family
Celastraceae (Celastr family)
Grows as
Tree, Climber
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during the growing season and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile loam or a peat-based potting mix.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
W. India, Indo-China to New Guinea
Climate
wet tropical

About

Euonymus cochinchinensis is a tree of tropical Asia in the staff vine family Celastraceae. The specific epithet cochinchinensis refers to the species being native to Indo-China.

Where it grows

Euonymus cochinchinensis grows naturally in Hainan, Taiwan, Indo-China, Malesia and Papua New Guinea. Its habitat is coastal forests.

Other Euonymus plants

Euonymus acanthocarpus · Euonymus aculeatus · Euonymus acuminifolius · Burningbush · Bursting-heart · Euonymus angulatus · Burningbush · Fleshy Flowered Spindle Tree · Euonymus castaneifolius · Euonymus cornutus · Euonymus dichotomus · Euonymus dielsianus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Euonymus cochinchinensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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