Celastraceae

Korean spindle tree

Euonymus oxyphyllus Miq.

Family: Celastraceae
Genus: Euonymus

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Korean spindle tree: Or something very similar, at Sheffield Park. Celastraceae, Eastern Asia — Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)

Chinese: 垂丝卫矛, 垂丝卫矛果, 垂絲衛矛, 青皮树
English: Korean spindle tree, Korean spindletree

Synonyms

Euonymus flavescens Nakai
Euonymus latifolius A.Gray
Euonymus laxiflorus Blume ex Miq.
Euonymus nipponicus Maxim.
Euonymus oxyphyllus f. magnus (Honda) H.Hara
Euonymus oxyphyllus f. nipponicus (Maxim.) H.Hara
Euonymus oxyphyllus var. magnus Honda
Euonymus oxyphyllus var. microcarpus Hayashi
Euonymus oxyphyllus var. nipponicus (Maxim.) Blakelock
Euonymus oxyphyllus var. yesoensis (Koidz.) Blakelock
Euonymus oxyphyllus var. yesoensis Blakel.
Euonymus yesoensis Koidz.
Kalonymus oxyphylla (Miq.) F.T.Wang & S.X.Li
Kalonymus yesoensis (Koidz.) Prokh.
Pragmotessara latifolia Pierre
Turibana nipponica (Maxim.) Nakai
Turibana oxyphylla (Miq.) Nakai
Turibana yesoensis (Koidz.) Nakai

Photos

Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: A. Barra, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Koichi Oda, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.