Black Bryony - Dioscorea communis
Alternative names
Dioscorea communis
Description
Twining hairless plant to 4 metres. Leaves stalked, heart shaped and bright shiny green. Flowers greenish yellow tiny 3 to 6 mm the female in small clusters the male in long slender racemes. Fruit a bright shiny red fleshy poisonous berry.
Identification difficulty

Habitat
Wood, scrub and hedgerows.
When to see it
May to August. The berries often persist into early winter.
Life History
Perennial.
UK Status
Common throughout much of Britain.
VC55 Status
Quite common in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 507 of the 617 tetrads.
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