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European spindle fruits.
This one wasn't in the wild.
A deciduous shrub, some 3-4m tall. In winter, when most of the forest is naked, ...
These are capsular fruits of the small tree
It is a species of flowering shrub or small tree in the family Celastraceae, ...
Grows to 3 to 6 m tall, rarely up to 10 m, with a stem up to 20 cm diameter. ...
European spindle wood is very hard, and can be cut to a sharp point. It was ...