蝋梅(ロウバイ)の実 fruit of wintersweet

　蝋梅は、冬に香り良い花を咲かせた後、黒灰色をしたイソギンチャクのような、奇妙な形の実を沢山つけます。端面には、触手のような突起がいくつかあります。今にも動くような感じがします。この部分は、花の雄しべや花びらが、乾燥して残ったものだそうです。実全体は有毒なので、食べてはいけません。その怪しい見てくれから、食べる人はいないと思いますけど、念のため。

　After blooming fragrant flowers in winter, Wintersweet trees  bear many strangely shaped fruits like black-gray Sea anemones. The end face has several tentacle-like protrusions. It seems like it is about to move. According to what I was told, these parts are made up of dried stamens or petals of the flower. The entire fruit is poisonous, so never eat it. I don't think anyone would eat it due to its suspicious appearance, but just in case.