Callicarpa americana berries

I earlier posted a photo of the flowers of this species. Here www.ipernity.com/doc/1050739/44969864 it is. This is a different individual bush in a different location.

Nouchetdu38, Annemarie, micritter have particularly liked this photo

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Jaap van 't Veen ^club

Gorgeous light and wonderful details.

7 years ago.

Ronald Losure ^club has replied to Jaap van 't Veen ^club

Thank you very much, Jaap.

7 years ago.

micritter

Beautiful! So natural, real looking. Focus, color, and light are all right on.

7 years ago.

Ronald Losure ^club has replied to micritter

Thank you very much, micritter. Well, they are natural and real, but to me they look like plastic beads. ;-)

7 years ago.

Nouchetdu38 ^club

Can we eat them?????

7 years ago.

Ronald Losure ^club has replied to Nouchetdu38 ^club

Here is what Wikipedia says: "The raw berries, while palatably sweet, are suitable for human consumption only in small amounts, because they are astringent. Some people have reported mild stomach cramps after consumption. The berries are also used in jellies. The roots are used to make herbal tea. As a folk remedy it has been claimed that "fresh, crushed leaves of American beautyberry, Callicarpa americana ... helped keep biting insects away from animals such as horses and mules".[2] A chemical compound isolated from the plant, callicarpenal, was effective as a mosquito repellent in a laboratory experiment using a simulated skin model."

I don't think I'll be eating many of them.

7 years ago.

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