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| alexmoore1989 |
Berry IDs needed pleaseHi i am a bit of a novice when it comes to berries and i find myself eyeing up every fruiting tree i walk by. Please could you help my curiosity by ID-ing these two for me?
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| hedgehogpie |
I'd say Cherry Laurel for the top pic, but the bottom one requires me to go look in some books as it's vaguely familar but I can't quite place it. |
| Rosemary Judy |
I don't think either are edible, as I don't recognise the second. Agree with cherry laurel for the first.... |
| Treacodactyl |
I wouldn't risk eating cherry laurel unless I had to but this is worth a read: http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Prunus+laurocerasus |
| mochyn |
Yup: top one is Prunus laurocerasus.
Bottom one looks like a Prunus of some sort, but not sure which one. |
| johnc |
Bottom one looks like Bird Cherry, if it is, it is edible but very sour |
| Treacodactyl |
Bottom one doesn't look like bird cherry, Padus racemosa, to me. Bird cherry has smaller fruits and they are on bunches like the laurel. It does look like some sort of cherry but with damson/plum fruit. |
| alexmoore1989 |
hello and thanks for all your comments, the tree of the bottom pic also has some sort of red cotton like flower. sort of resembles candy floss |
| hedgehogpie |
Any chance you could cut one of the fruits in half to see what the seeds are like?
I have friends in France who tell me that their neighbour uses cherry laurel fruits steeped in Brandy as an aperatif. |
| dpack |
Any chance you could cut one of the fruits in half to see what the seeds are like?
I have friends in France who tell me that their neighbour uses cherry laurel fruits steeped in Brandy as an aperatif. |
organic cyanides are so bracing
