I thought it was a weed to pull out but it has green berries on? Some turning black… it’s growing in a pile of mud as we’re doing work outside… thanks!
We call them poison berries. I agree with Nighshade family.
edit to add: Evidently they are quite bitter and nasty tasting, and you have to consume a number to get ill (or worse). So don't worry overly much, just teach any youngsters not to eat unknown berries. Which is why I expect my family called them poison berries, as they were all though our woods.
a long time a ago ladies used to squeeze the berry juice into their eyes to dilate the pupils and so make them look more attractive - hence their latin nane belladonna How things have changed
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
a long time a ago ladies used to squeeze the berry juice into their eyes to dilate the pupils and so make them look more attractive - hence their latin nane belladonna How things have changed
Just to clarify..... Atropa belladonna is a completely different plant...see pics below Not the same as Solanum nigrum.
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edit to add: Evidently they are quite bitter and nasty tasting, and you have to consume a number to get ill (or worse). So don't worry overly much, just teach any youngsters not to eat unknown berries. Which is why I expect my family called them poison berries, as they were all though our woods.
How things have changed
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Atropa belladonna is a completely different plant...see pics below
Not the same as Solanum nigrum.