Tom Gilks / Man climbing and harvesting Khat tree (catha edulis) Meru, Kenya

Simon Colmer / Spindle tree (Euonymus europaeus) twig, buds and seedcase in winter, UK

Colin Varndell / Close up of Spindle tree (Euonymus euroaeus) buds, late winter. Dorset, England, UK February

Wild Wonders of Europe / Biancarelli / Spindle (Euonymus sp) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica) leaves on a fallen tree trunk, Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia, October 2008

Ernie Janes / Spindle (Euonymus europacus) berries

Ingo Arndt / Spindle tree flowers {Euonymus europaeus} Germany

Nick Upton / Spindle tree berries (Euonymus europaeus) with orange seeds visible in splitting capsular fruits, Gloucestershire, UK, October.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Staff vine (Maytenus dhofarensis) close-up of fruit, Oman, November

MYN / Marko Masterl / Wartybark-like Euonymus (Euonymus verrucosa) with seeds, Slovenia, Europe, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marko Masterl / Large-leaved Spindle (Euonymus latifolius) with seeds, Slovenia, Europe, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

Paul Harcourt Davies / Common spindle tree (Euonymus europaeus) poisonous berries containing terpenes, caffeine and theobromine. Podere Montecucco, near Orvieot, Umbria, Italy, October.

Philippe Clement / Close-up of the fruit of a Spindle (Euonymus europaeus), Belgium, November.