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Name: Stefan SE europe(balkans) (Zone 6b)              skopjecollection Sep 5, 2021 10:24 AM CST |
Im guessing no because it looks like Ilex?  |
Perthshire. SCOTLAND. UK     Silversurfer Sep 5, 2021 11:40 AM CST |
| Prunus laurocerasus .....common name cherry laurel, common laurel. Quote wiki....Toxicity "Leaves and seed may cause severe discomfort to humans if ingested.[19] The seeds contained within the cherries are poisonous like the rest of the plant, containing cyanogenic glycosides and amygdalin.[20] This chemical composition is what gives the smell of almonds when the leaves are crushed. Laurel water, a distillation made from the plant, contains prussic acid (hydrogen cyanide) and other compounds and is toxic." I would never risk eating the berries. |
Name: Stefan SE europe(balkans) (Zone 6b) skopjecollection Sep 5, 2021 11:53 AM CST |
Silversurfer said:Prunus laurocerasus .....common name cherry laurel, common laurel. Well I wouldnt eat leaves or cherry pits to begin with... and yeah, i know about the poison of cherry pits, almonds etc... What about the pulp? |
San Francisco Bay area (Zone 9a)  Iochroma Sep 5, 2021 12:50 PM CST |
skopjecollection said: When I was a kid I ate them all the time, even though they don't taste very good until they're dead ripe, and usually the birds would have cleaned them out by then. Always spit the pits out (at my little brother). |
Name: Stefan SE europe(balkans) (Zone 6b) skopjecollection Sep 5, 2021 1:00 PM CST |
Iochroma said: Im assuming they tasted like bitter cherries or something? sour cherries? |
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