I'm looking at the black deadly nightshade berries that are in my garden. None of those generalisations are accurate or safe, you just have to learn what is edible and what is dangerous. The rest aren't particularly important.
Red V Black. Which berries are statistically more dangerous
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More to add:
Woody nightshade aka bittersweet - red
Green nightshade - berries usually green but can be purple sometimes
Do you want to include tomato, which occurs as a garden escape?
Dwarf elder - black
Wayfaring tree - fruit red, turning black
Redcurrant
Blackcurrant
Wild madder - black
Privet has been mentioned, and should be in as it grows wild
Buckthorn - black
Alder buckthorn - black when ripe
Mezereon - red
Spurge laurel - black
Juneberry - black
Shallon (an established alien) - black
Prickly heath (another established alien) - berry is black, pink or white
I think cloudberry is orange at best, not red.
Woody nightshade aka bittersweet - red
Green nightshade - berries usually green but can be purple sometimes
Do you want to include tomato, which occurs as a garden escape?
Dwarf elder - black
Wayfaring tree - fruit red, turning black
Redcurrant
Blackcurrant
Wild madder - black
Privet has been mentioned, and should be in as it grows wild
Buckthorn - black
Alder buckthorn - black when ripe
Mezereon - red
Spurge laurel - black
Juneberry - black
Shallon (an established alien) - black
Prickly heath (another established alien) - berry is black, pink or white
I think cloudberry is orange at best, not red.
Oops, missed there was a second page. Sorry for any duplication.
Fun to see where this goes, though I ultimately think the results will be no use to man nor beast.
I eat sloes raw quite happily.
Fun to see where this goes, though I ultimately think the results will be no use to man nor beast.
I eat sloes raw quite happily.
Already got some of these - will add the others later. Would be really helpful if you could group em by colour and mark E I or P if you know.
Ta.
Tell you what we could do...you know those folks who 'do the Munro's' ? how about we have a challenge to do the berries ?
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If you want to help eat them, be my guest. Oetzi had a stomach full of sloes. Wild plums to him. Perfectly edible.
Guelder rose is problematic. Tastes like vomit, and can cause stomach upsets in large quantities, but not dangerous to eat. Very high in vitamin C and an excellent addition to jams. Edible or not? I'd say yes, in small quantities.
Rather you than me - they're really astringent - maybe he'd eaten "bletted" ones.
fuchsia magellanica is widely grown as hardy hedges, and it fruits quite prolifically.
It's edible.
https://plantdatabase.kwantlen.ca/plant/printableSummary/506
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It's edible.
https://plantdatabase.kwantlen.ca/plant/printableSummary/506
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I always thought it was
Anything that encourages us to get out there and look and recognise and maybe forage, is a good thing
Yeah, fuchsia's are edible, kind of bland but they make good jam
Just be careful they haven't been sprayed for greenfly.
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Anything that encourages us to get out there and look and recognise and maybe forage, is a good thing
Yeah, fuchsia's are edible, kind of bland but they make good jam
Just be careful they haven't been sprayed for greenfly.
M
Black
Damson E
Bramble E
Blueberry E
Crowberry E
Cloudberry E
Elderberries E (include Dwarf elder)
Cherries E
Dewberry E
Apline bearberry E
Geans E
mulberry E
Black currant E
Juniper E
Fuscia E
burnet rose I
Sloes I
Ivy P
Tutsan P
Black nightshade P
Herb Paris P
Deadly nightshade P
Privet P
White Bryony P
Dogwood I/E/P (there has been some discussion on these elsewhere that there are edible varieties)
berry catchfly ?
Wayfaring tree
Wild madder
Buckthorn
Alder buckthorn
Spurge laurel
Juneberry
Prickly heath
Red
Rowan E
Strawberry E
Raspberries E
Haws E
cowberries E
Cranberry E
bearberry E
stone Bramble E
Cherries E
Red Currant E
Guelder Rose E
Sea Buckthorn E/I
Rosehip I
Whitebeam
Bird Cherries I
cotoneaster I
Honeysuckle E/I/P
Lilly of the valley P
Bittersweet P
Spindle P
Butchers Broom P
Lords and ladies P
Holly P
Yew P (eaten "as is")
Black Bryony P
cherry laurel P
Dogwood I/E/P (there has been some discussion on these elsewhere that there are edible varieties)
Mezereon?
Damson E
Bramble E
Blueberry E
Crowberry E
Cloudberry E
Elderberries E (include Dwarf elder)
Cherries E
Dewberry E
Apline bearberry E
Geans E
mulberry E
Black currant E
Juniper E
Fuscia E
burnet rose I
Sloes I
Ivy P
Tutsan P
Black nightshade P
Herb Paris P
Deadly nightshade P
Privet P
White Bryony P
Dogwood I/E/P (there has been some discussion on these elsewhere that there are edible varieties)
berry catchfly ?
Wayfaring tree
Wild madder
Buckthorn
Alder buckthorn
Spurge laurel
Juneberry
Prickly heath
Red
Rowan E
Strawberry E
Raspberries E
Haws E
cowberries E
Cranberry E
bearberry E
stone Bramble E
Cherries E
Red Currant E
Guelder Rose E
Sea Buckthorn E/I
Rosehip I
Whitebeam
Bird Cherries I
cotoneaster I
Honeysuckle E/I/P
Lilly of the valley P
Bittersweet P
Spindle P
Butchers Broom P
Lords and ladies P
Holly P
Yew P (eaten "as is")
Black Bryony P
cherry laurel P
Dogwood I/E/P (there has been some discussion on these elsewhere that there are edible varieties)
Mezereon?
used to eat the flowers as a kid, didn't know about the berries though. Cheers. The flowers are good in a salad.I always thought it was
Anything that encourages us to get out there and look and recognise and maybe forage, is a good thing
Yeah, fuchsia's are edible, kind of bland but they make good jam
Just be careful they haven't been sprayed for greenfly.
M
Albder buckthorn and buckthorn are severe purgatives, with a high risk of fatality, so should be regarded as poisonous. I suspect spurge laurel is poisonous too (just from the name) but don't know. Juneberry is a sort of rosehip, so is probably edible when cooked.
I know someone who eats rosehips raw, just avoiding the seeds in the centre. Not something I have tried.
I'd put sea buckthorn as edible, albeit it is very acidic, but then I seem to tolerate that quite well. I think we should be recording edibility rather than taste prefences.
I know someone who eats rosehips raw, just avoiding the seeds in the centre. Not something I have tried.
I'd put sea buckthorn as edible, albeit it is very acidic, but then I seem to tolerate that quite well. I think we should be recording edibility rather than taste prefences.
Some of these berries are edible if cooked, less so raw. Hawthorn, guelder rose, rosehips, sloes for example.
Mezereon is not edible. It's the Daphne bush, and it has a beautiful scent and pretty flowers, but it's toxic.
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