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Spindle

 

Spindle; European spindle

Harilik kikkapuu

Euonymus europaeus

 

In spring and summer the spindle looks quite modest. In southern Estonia it is an up to three metres high upright frost-hardy shrub.

 

The obovate – inversely eggshaped - leaves have a pointed tip, the undersides are hairy. The pink fruits of the spindle are capsules that open as autumn advances – brown seeds with a shiny, reddish fleshy seed cover (arillus) become visible.