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  • #1

    Strange mini bell pepper

    I thought I planted mini bell peppers, but these turned up.
    About the size of a pea.

    They tasted OK but the wife suggested (hoped) they might be poisonous!
    Anyone know what they are?
    Jimmy
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    They are not peppers at all. They look like black nightshade (Solanum nigrum), which in spite of its fearsome name and reputation is actually not poisonous (as I hope you've found out.)

    The leaves are used as a vegetable in some parts of the world, and the ripe berries are supposed to make good jam or pies. it's a very common weed where I live, but is also sometimes sold as Garden Huckleberry. This doesn't mean you can safely eat the berries of other nightshade species, as some of them really are poisonous.

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    • #3
      Don't eat any more Jimmy
      Looks like one of the nightshade family!

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      • #4
        Here are a couple of articles about black nightshade. As they say, don't eat berries that are still partly green or taste bitter. And check that it is a bushy plant with white flowers that remind you of potato or tomato flowers, which it is closely related to. Deadly nightshade flowers look very different. And I think there's another vining kind of nightshade with red berries that shouldn't be eaten.

        Black Nightshade « Forager's Harvest

        Black Nightshade (Solanum nigrum) is Edible and Delicious | Root Simple

        Of course if you're not sure you should probably leave it alone, but you say you've eaten some already. So I'm saying I don't think you need to worry about dropping dead from it. After all, tomatoes, potatoes, peppers and aubergines are also nightshades.
        Last edited by Zelenina; 27-08-2015, 06:25 PM.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Zelenina View Post
          And I think there's another vining kind of nightshade with red berries that shouldn't be eaten.
          Woody nightshade - Solanum dulcamara, woody nightshade - THE POISON GARDEN website

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          • #6
            Yes, Woody Nightshade. That's the one! Don't eat it!! Thanks VC.
            Last edited by Zelenina; 27-08-2015, 06:31 PM.

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            • #7
              Had something similar amongst a chilli plant last season and although it wasnt that big, think i pulled it out, the berrys were tasty indeed.
              Thought it was a blackcurrent that got lost originally
              Last edited by jackarmy; 27-08-2015, 07:20 PM.

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              • #8
                Hmm wonder if it came in the packet of mini bell peppers or blew in somehow!
                Destination ... compost bin.
                Thanks Jimmy (still alive, sort of)
                Expect the worst in life and you will probably have under estimated!

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                • #9
                  Jimmy how does it taste? like tiny tomatoes?? i tempted to taste them as looked like tiny tomato like wild fruits we used to eat during childhood ...

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                  • #10
                    Well I thought they looked like berries.
                    So that what they tasted like.

                    I would not try them if I were you.
                    See https://uk.answers.yahoo.com/questio...9152028AAPnlxt
                    The effects of consuming deadly nightshade will include a rapid heartbeat, a dry mouth, slurred speech, hallucinations, convulsions and even death if enough is consumed and you are not treated quickly enough.

                    Sounds like a good night down the pub !
                    Expect the worst in life and you will probably have under estimated!

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