Spoon-wood (Cassine Schinoides) is a perennial shrub in the Celastraceae family with moderate care difficulty. It requires moderate watering and full sun or partial shade light in USDA hardiness zones 9-11. This plant is safe for cats and dogs.

Cassine schinoides is a much-branched shrub or small tree native to South Africa, characterized by shiny, leathery ovate to suborbicular leaves with revolute margins and white flowers in axillary fascicles.