Found this plant in a community garden and was concerned by a stranger eating its berries (SoCal)
by Chance-Damage3210
Found this plant in a community garden and was concerned by a stranger eating its berries (SoCal)
by Chance-Damage3210
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Looks like Solanum americanum. If so, it must be 100% black and ripe to be edible. BUT this is a plant that you must be experienced to consume.
Here is an Eat The Weeds article on it: https://www.eattheweeds.com/american-nightshade-a-much-maligned-edible/