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May lily

 

 

In shadowy forests and their verges little red berries reveal the growing place of the May lily. The leaves of the plant are heart-shaped.

 

The „wineberry“, by one of its folk names, is said to make birds and animals that eat the leaves and berries a little “drunk”. For humans the May lily fruits are toxic. The fruit contains one seed and the fruit flesh has a sweet taste. 

 

To small children eating three-four grams of the berries becomes dangerous. Calculation exercise: one berry with seed weighs about 0,06 grams and in the growing place not many of them are found; rather they are an autumnal delight for the eyes. So cases of May lily poisoning are not common.