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This plant or weed is growing right-up against the window and it looks to be in the nightshade family, which includes tomatoes and peppers. Does anybody what plant this is or if it's edible and not poisonous. I wouldn't eat it anyways if it was deemed edible, just in case.
Quote from: Tropicalgrower89 on September 20, 2012, 02:57:40 PMThis plant or weed is growing right-up against the window and it looks to be in the nightshade family, which includes tomatoes and peppers. Does anybody what plant this is or if it's edible and not poisonous. I wouldn't eat it anyways if it was deemed edible, just in case. Try it and let us know
The fruit looks like Solanum seaforthianum but the leaves are wrong. Most nightshades are poisonous.
There's a weed that's quite common here in south florida called black nightshade (or mora in spanish). It's edible (and quite good), but you need to know when to cut the leaves and how to prepare it. My wife cooks it all the time.
Quote from: Cookie Monster on September 22, 2012, 12:22:25 PMThere's a weed that's quite common here in south florida called black nightshade (or mora in spanish). It's edible (and quite good), but you need to know when to cut the leaves and how to prepare it. My wife cooks it all the time.Mora just means berry in spanish, so that name applies to a whole lot of plants.
Quote from: fruitlovers on September 23, 2012, 08:10:03 PMQuote from: Cookie Monster on September 22, 2012, 12:22:25 PMThere's a weed that's quite common here in south florida called black nightshade (or mora in spanish). It's edible (and quite good), but you need to know when to cut the leaves and how to prepare it. My wife cooks it all the time.Mora just means berry in spanish, so that name applies to a whole lot of plants.Sorry Oscar but mora does not mean berry in Spanish. It actually refers pretty specifically to blackberry and/or mulberry. For example, bluebery is arándano. I dont know anyone who calls black nightshade mora in spanish.