シキミ Japanese star anise

畑の中の小さな墓地にシキミの花が咲いていました。毒性が強く、食べると死に至ることもあるそうです。食べたくなるような植物には見えませんが、実を香辛料の八角と間違えることがあったようです。

The flower of the Japanese star anise bloomed in the small graveyard in the field.
It is toxic. If a person eats, there seems to be a possibility that the person dies.
It is not a plant we feel like eating.
But there were the some cases which mistook fruit for Chinese star anise (an octagonal spice).
Chinese star anise is spice, but Japanese star anise is toxic.