Fragrant white flowers hang in drooping clusters and produce dark-red to black cherry fruits. Hydrocyanic, or prussic, acid is the responsible toxic substance. Leaves are alternate and pinnately compound with oval-shaped leaflets that have entire margins. The fragrant white flowers are creamy-white and arranged in long, drooping clusters. The fruit is a flat, brown pod that contains kidney-shaped beans.
Death is possible.
Star-shaped, white flowers, which may have tinges of purple or purple stripes, occur in clusters of 5 to 7. The fruit are small, glossy-black berries. Death is possible. Bouncing bet generally grows to knee height. Each flowering petal has a small notch at the tip.