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Euonymus
Also called Spindle, Burningbush, Burning Bush, Spindle Tree, Spindles, Spindle Bushes, Spindle Trees
Euonymus is a genus of flowering plants in the staff vine family Celastraceae. Common names vary widely among different species and between different English-speaking countries, but include spindle (or spindle tree), burning-bush, strawberry-bush, wahoo, wintercreeper, or simply euonymus. It has about 140 species of deciduous and evergreen shrubs, small trees and lianas. They are mostly native to East Asia, extending to the Himalayas, and they are also distributed in Europe, Australasia, North America, and Madagascar. Fifty species are endemic to China.
The wood of some species was traditionally used to make spindles for spinning wool; this use is the origin of the British English name of the shrubs.
Euonymus are popular garden shrubs, grown for their foliage, the deciduous species often exhibiting very bright red autumnal colours, and also for the decorative berries. Euonymus alatus (winged euonymus or burning-bush) is considered an invasive species in the woodlands of the northeastern United States.
Euonymus acanthocarpus · Euonymus aculeatus · Euonymus acuminifolius · Burningbush · Bursting-heart · Euonymus angulatus · Burningbush · Fleshy Flowered Spindle Tree · Euonymus castaneifolius · Euonymus cochinchinensis · Euonymus cornutus · Euonymus dichotomus
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Euonymus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
