Wild Flowers Provence

Identify wild flowers, trees, shrubs, orchids and other plants in Provence, France.

Environ 2800 photos de près de 700 plantes sauvages.  Comment le voir en français.
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Euonymus europaeus

Fusain d’Europe
Spindle Tree

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Additional information

Plant family

Area

Provence Verte

Flower colour

yellow

Flower size

tiny

Flowering months

May,

June

Leaf type

Lanceolate,

Elliptic

Height

3-6 m

Description

Deciduous shrub with changing autumn colours, ranging from yellow-green to reddish purple. Wood, scrub, hedges, especially on calcareous soil.

The wood of this tree was used to make spindles.

Flowers

The flowers are insignificant, small, yellowish-green, growing in clusters (3-8).

Leaves

Elliptic oval leaf, Lanceolate leaf is lance-shaped: long and widest in the middle. Oval to long, wider in the middle, pointed, slightly serrated, 3-8 cm.

Fruits Seeds

Capsule: 4 lobes, splits open to reveal orange seeds.

Medical

Bark: to treat liver and gall bladder complaints. It is astringent, diuretic and stimulates the bile flow.

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