{{Short description|Species of plant}} {{Speciesbox | image = Euonymus indicus B.Heyne ex Wall. (22634206832).jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author1=Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) |author2=IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group |name-list-style=amp |year=2019 |title=''Euonymus indicus'' |article-number=e.T145824356A160305210 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T145824356A160305210.en |access-date=2024-10-13}}</ref> | genus = Euonymus | species = indicus | authority = B.Heyne ex Wall.<ref name=POWO>{{cite POWO |title=''Euonymus indicus'' B.Heyne ex Wall. |id=160938-1 |access-date=2024-10-13}}</ref> | synonyms = {{Species list | hidden=yes | Euonymus bancanus | Miq. | Euonymus coriaceus | Ridl. | Euonymus elmeri | Merr. | Euonymus goughii | Wight | Euonymus horsfieldii | Turcz. | Euonymus javanicus | Blume | Euonymus micropetalus | Ridl. | Euonymus sphaerocarpus | Hassk. | Euonymus sumatranus | Miq. | Euonymus timorensis | Zipp. ex Span. }} | synonyms_ref = <ref name=POWO/> }}

'''''Euonymus indicus''''', the '''Indian spindle tree''', is a small evergreen understorey tree in the family Celastraceae. It can grow up to a height of 13 m and girth up to 1 m.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Page |first=Navendu |title=Endemic Woody Plants of the Western Ghats |publisher=Trail Blazer Printers and Publishers |year=2017 |isbn=978-93-5279-072-2 |location=Bangalore}}</ref>

== Description == The leaves are simple and show opposite phyllotaxy. The petiole length is about 0.5-0.8&nbsp;cm and lamina size: 5-10 × 2-4.5&nbsp;cm. Leaf shape is elliptic and leaf apex is acuminate. Four to six pairs of secondary nerves can be seen. Flowers are seen in three flowered axillary cymes. Fruit is pear shaped, 2.5&nbsp;cm long, three valved, and scarlet when mature.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Herbarium JCB |url=http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/herbsheet.php?id=2536&cat=7 |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in}}</ref>

The bark of the tree is corky and blaze is reddish in colour. The branchlets are subterete and glabrous.<ref>https://www.biotik.org/india/species/e/euonindi/euonindi_en.html</ref>

== Distribution == ''Euonymus indicus'' is native to much of tropical Asia, from India to both mainland and maritime Southeast Asia.<ref name=POWO/> In India, the tree is seen in the evergreen forests of Western Ghats from Amboli to Southern Kerala. Its elevation range is from 150 m to 1100 m.<ref name=":0" />

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indicus Category:Flora of tropical Asia Category:Plants described in 1824

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