Euonymus europaeus

Deciduous (perhaps incompletely in Victoria) shrub or small tree 2–6 m high, usually much-branched. Bud scales broadly ovate to obovate, 2–3 mm long with a short, dark apical mucro. Leaves opposite, ovate to lanceolate or elliptic, 2–10 cm long, 1–3.5 cm wide, glabrous; apex acute to acuminate; margins finely crenate to serrate; petiole 3–-8 mm long. Inflorescences c. 2–4 cm long, 3–10-flowered. Flowers mostly 4-merous; sepals broad-elliptic, c. 1 mm long, greenish, glabrous; petals obovate to spathulate, 3–4 mm long, cream or white; stamens shorter than petals, inserted on the raised green disc; ovary prominent, style 1–2 mm long. Capsule 7–10 mm long, 10–15 mm wide, deeply 4-lobed (some locules sometimes undeveloped), pink to crimson; seeds ellipsoid, 7–9 mm long, entirely covered by the thin, fleshy orange aril. Flowers Sep.–Nov. Fruits Apr.–Aug.