Wintersweet Fruits are Poisonous😱 蝋梅（ロウバイ）の実は危険😱

Japanese follows English. 英語の後に日本語が続きます。

I've written twice about the beautiful buds and flowers of chimonanthus praecox or more commonly known as wintersweet this month, and I was surprised this morning to see such beautiful yellow blooms side by side with the already brown fruits, which look like mantis egg cases.

But that was not it. While googling the fruit, I learned that surprisingly, the entirety of wintersweet, i.e., not only its leaves but also trunk and fruits, is all toxic! OMG, I've been deceived by the pretty appearance and sweet fragrance...😱!    

Chimonanthus praecox's brown fruits and buds side by side 蝋梅の実と蕾

Wintersweet ロウバイ

The fruit looks like the mantis egg case カマキリの卵みたい

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つい先日書いた蝋梅（ロウバイ）です。えっ？このカマキリの卵に似ているのは何かって｡｡｡？

ググってびっくり！実です。しかも蝋梅って全部有毒なんです。葉も木ももちろん実も！綺麗な外見と甘い匂いにすっかり騙された～😱！

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