Euonymus alatus
, Celastraceae, is a deciduous tree species valued for its ornamental and medicinal properties. Here, the species’ whole chloroplast genome sequence was generated by assembling the Illumina paired-end sequencing reads. The circular genome was 157,611 bp in length, exhibiting a typical quadripartite structure with a large single-copy (LSC: 85,892 bp), a small single-copy (SSC: 18,419 bp), and a pair of inverted repeat regions (IRA and IRB: each of 26,650 bp). The chloroplast genome encoded 131 genes, including 87 protein-coding (78 protein-coding gene species), 36 transfer RNA (29 tRNA species), and 8 ribosomal RNA genes (4 rRNA species). The overall GC content was 37.3%, while the corresponding values of the LSC, SSC and IR regions were 35.1, 31.7 and 42.7%, respectively. Phylogenetic analysis of 12 species complete chloroplast genomes suggested that
E. alatus
was relatively close to
E. japonicus
. This complete chloroplast genome is expected to provide valuable insight into further phylogenetic reconstruction of the Celastraceae species.