Millook there is increasing amounts of sycamore with a mixture of blackthorn ("Prunus spinosa") and hawthorn ("Crataegus monogyna") on clayey loam, and at the top invading bracken ("Pteridium aquilinum"), bramble ("Rubus fruticosus") and gorse ("Ulex europaeus"). The surrounding area is mainly agricultural. Other tree species found are alder ("Alnus glutinosa") in the wetter areas and a few small areas of wild cherry ("Prunus avium") and wild service ("Sorbus torminalis"). Aspen ("Populus tremula") and beech ("Fagus sylvatica") on old boundary hedges are presumed to be planted. Millook Millook is a deep coastal valley and hamlet in the parish of Poundstock, on the
Strychnos spinosa Strychnos spinosa Strychnos spinosa is a tree indigenous to tropical and subtropical Africa. It produces, sweet-sour, yellow fruits, containing numerous hard brown seeds. Greenish-white flowers grow in dense heads at the ends of branches (Sep-Feb/Spring - summer). The fruits tend to appear only after good rains. It is related to the deadly "Strychnos nux-vomica", which contains strychnine. The smooth, hard fruit are large and green, ripen to yellow colour. Inside the fruit are tightly packed seeds, which may be toxic, surrounded by a fleshy, brown, edible covering. Animals such as baboon, monkeys, bushpig, nyala and eland eat the fruit. The