Ripening On The Vine
Seems for some species these beauties may not be so poisonous... but you still won't catch me nibbling on them despite the wonderful array of colours as they ripen.
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jackfrost
Pro - Thursday, 18. Sep, 2008 @ 20:34:32
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Usksider
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- Friday, 19. Sep, 2008 @ 06:04:12
Wise man.
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jenray
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- Thursday, 18. Sep, 2008 @ 21:15:06
Oh, I thought they were tomatoes at first...I guess they're very small in comparison....no, not wise to eat most berries I would have though...GBHs...XX
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i thought they were tomatoes too!
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MissyMouse
- Thursday, 18. Sep, 2008 @ 23:06:05
Me too!
I got rather envious at them turning red too....my toms are still a delicate shade of green
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Usksider
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- Friday, 19. Sep, 2008 @ 06:17:38
Oh... perhaps I should've made sure there was something in the shot to indicate scale?
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Usksider
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- Friday, 19. Sep, 2008 @ 06:15:08
Trust me, you wouldn't want to be eating these...
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Usksider
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- Friday, 19. Sep, 2008 @ 06:14:20
These are woody nightshade, so certainly not to be played with Jen. But you're right, the majority of berries you see growing in the hedgerow should be treated with caution.
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Me either!! They look rotten
Hope ya good hun xx-
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Usksider
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- Friday, 19. Sep, 2008 @ 06:21:03
That's where the birds and bugs have picked at them. Not a good idea for us human types to experiment with members of the nightshade family though.
Good? I'm great! How're you?
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..and there was me thinki9ng they were tomatoes!! Not green fingered me!!
Glad ya ok hun...nice to see you back! xx-
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Usksider
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- Saturday, 20. Sep, 2008 @ 05:41:56
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Neonjake
- Friday, 19. Sep, 2008 @ 04:21:49
Oh my god, I thought they were tomatoes, I was having tomato orgasms. Naughty Usk.
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Usksider
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- Friday, 19. Sep, 2008 @ 06:22:31
You can have orgasms with tomatoes? I must be doing something wrong!
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antlady69
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- Friday, 19. Sep, 2008 @ 07:13:21
Woody nightshade - is that also known as atropa belladonna?
You know, I think that when taken at a low dosage, it works as a hallucinogen. Sometimes used by daring teenagers - fatally.-
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Usksider
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- Friday, 19. Sep, 2008 @ 07:29:40
No, atropa belladonna is commonly known as Deadly Nightshade; same family, but different variety.
Woody Nightshade is a member of the Nightshade family (Solanaceae). This important plant family supplies us not only with some of our most common foods (Potato, Tomato, Green and Red Peppers, Aubergine) and other plants of economical value (Tobacco), but it also contain some of our most poisonous native plants, such as Henbane (Hyoscyamus niger). Other famous family members are Deadly Nightshade, Thornapple and Mandrake.
All parts of the Woody Nightshade are poisonous and the berries can be deadly if children eat too many of them. The scientific name Solanum dulcamara is derived from 'Solor' (meaning "I ease"), which refers to the potent medicinal properties of the plant. 'Dulcamara' derives from "bittersweet" or 'amaradulcis', as it was more correctly named in the Middle Ages. -
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rowtheboat
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- Saturday, 20. Sep, 2008 @ 21:11:36
I love this picture. It's like a chemical reaction drawing made live - and so colourful.
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Usksider
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- Saturday, 20. Sep, 2008 @ 21:15:37
How odd... I was thinking of chemical structures when I took this shot...
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rowtheboat
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- Saturday, 20. Sep, 2008 @ 21:21:31
Or DNA?
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Usksider
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- Saturday, 20. Sep, 2008 @ 21:25:04
What..... ..... ..... Do Not Answer?
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rowtheboat
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- Saturday, 20. Sep, 2008 @ 21:28:27
*sigh*
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Usksider
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- Saturday, 20. Sep, 2008 @ 21:32:10
Well what would you expect from Old Usky?
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Nor me