Hello everyone,

First time here and also first year of really getting interested in growing things, mostly edible things

In my garden I have a tree which I just noticed has a profusion of little purple berries, it has spiky leaves a bit like holly. I'm trying to find out if they are edible. The strange thing is the berries all have a little 'spike' on the opposite end to the stem. It's not a spike but a long thin bit of berry

Does anyone know what it could be?

Martin