The fruit is poisonous, containing amongst other substances, the alkaloids theobromine and caffeine, as well as an extremely bitter terpene. Poisonings are more common in young children, who are enticed by the brightly-coloured fruits. Ingestion can result in liver and kidney damage and even death. and the seeds ripen from September to November. The seeds are eaten by frugivorous birds, which digest the fleshy seed coat and disperse the seeds in their droppings. All parts of the plants are poisonous to humans if eaten.
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Don't think it's phellomanus or planipes but my hamiltonianus is about 3 inches tall (from seed last year) so can't comment on that one
In the sticks near Peterborough
Trouble is that all the Euonymus have very simlar 'berries', even E japonica, when that manages to fruit.
They do Berghill. My thought that this is alatus is based on that slightly 'squashed' appearance of the whole shrub.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Thank you everyone, at least im in the right area! are the seeds poisonous and are they viable?
they're viable but I've never tried eating one
In the sticks near Peterborough
The fruit is poisonous, containing amongst other substances, the alkaloids theobromine and caffeine, as well as an extremely bitter terpene. Poisonings are more common in young children, who are enticed by the brightly-coloured fruits. Ingestion can result in liver and kidney damage and even death. and the seeds ripen from September to November. The seeds are eaten by frugivorous birds, which digest the fleshy seed coat and disperse the seeds in their droppings. All parts of the plants are poisonous to humans if eaten.
Don't eat one Nut!!!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Righto Dove, I won't
In the sticks near Peterborough
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
having looked into it a bit more i think its Euonymous Latifolius, the large leaved spindle?
http://www.kew.org/plants-fungi/Euonymus-latifolius.htm