Black Bryony Berries, Lady's-seal or Black Bindweed, Tamus communis, Dioscoreaceae. Totternhoe Knolls, Chilterns, Bedfordshire, UK.

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Black Bryony Berries, Lady's-seal or Black Bindweed, Tamus communis, Dioscoreaceae. Totternhoe Knolls, Chilterns, Bedfordshire, UK. Dioscorea communis or Tamus communis is a species of flowering plant in the yam family Dioscoreaceae and is commonly known as black bryony, lady's-seal or black bindweed. It is a climbing, herbaceous, dioecious plant with separate male and female plants. The fruit is a bright red berry and its fairly large tuber is, like the rest of the plant, poisonous.

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Location: Totternhoe Knolls, Chilterns, Bedfordshire, UK.
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