Common Name:
Euonymus
About 170 species of deciduous and evergreen erect or scrambling shrubs and small trees, usually with 4-sided branches. Leaves are simple, opposite, rarely alternate, entire or serrate, glabrous. Flowers are small and inconspicuous. Fruit is a capsule. Native to Asia, Europe, North and Central America, Madagascar and Australia.
Euonymus: the classical Greek name for the plant. (Bad joke: There was controversy over what to name this plant so they voted, and since they all agreed, it was "euonymus"!).
Pronunciation:
u-ON-i-mus
Family:
Celastraceae (Spindle Family)