Euonymus japonicus

Japanese euonymus or Japanese spindle is in the bittersweet or Celastraceae family and is an evergreen shrub or small tree native to Japan, Korea and China. It grows up to 8 m tall.

• Evergreen leaves are in opposite pairs, oval, 3–7 cm long and 1–3 cm broad, with finely serrated margins.
• Flowers are inconspicuous, greenish–white, 5 mm across, in clusters.
• Fruit is a drooping 4-lobed pale green pod-like aril, which turns pink in the fall and splits open to reveal the fleshy-coated orange seeds, one per lobe.