![[OC] {Phytolacca americana} or Pokeweed, an invader plant where I live (Mediterranean) and seriously poisonous. Those berries so nice looking, so deadly. I heard that parts of the plant (young leaves and some) are edible after some cooking gymnastics but I wouldn't dare.](https://www.allforgardening.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/e7rld8u0c5ib1-scaled.jpg "[OC] {Phytolacca americana} or Pokeweed, an invader plant where I live (Mediterranean) and seriously poisonous. Those berries so nice looking, so deadly. I heard that parts of the plant (young leaves and some) are edible after some cooking gymnastics but I wouldn’t dare.")
[OC] {Phytolacca americana} or Pokeweed, an invader plant where I live (Mediterranean) and seriously poisonous. Those berries so nice looking, so deadly. I heard that parts of the plant (young leaves and some) are edible after some cooking gymnastics but I wouldn’t dare.
by 1stFunestist
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Grows all over by our house, cant kill it fast enough. Grows like crazy
If you’re good enough with a slingshot, they make excellent projectiles. Take that Mrs Ringhouser.
I make tincture from the root. I take it in drop amounts. It is very effective against colds etc.
So sorry they have invaded! Where I love they are native. The birds love the berries so I let one get big every year. The flowers are so cute.