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Can you help me identify these berries.....?

Postby SetsunaKou » Mon Dec 05, 2011 3:54 pm

Hi Min'nasama!!!!!!


I have a totally 'un-doll' question for you all today!!!!! Hopefully, we have some avid berry or tree enthusiasts here who can answer my question!! ^^

My father brought in a small piece from a tree we have, to ask me to identify it. 0_o
I'm not really an outdoorsy person and don't know much about berries, aside from strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, cranberries, so I put the query to you!!! :mrgreen: My first thought was perhaps....elderberries? But....the stems aren't quite right.... :?

It has thousands and thousands of dark purple berries on it, approx 1/2" diameter each. The green leaves are approx. 1.5" to 2" long each, with a teardrop shape and wrinkly edges. ^^;; The berries are attached to the stems on what appears like a 'bell shaped' cone attachment.

Here are some photos:

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Can anyone identify these guys?

Thanks for your help in advance!!!!!
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Re: Can you help me identify these berries.....?

Postby Evelien » Mon Dec 05, 2011 4:09 pm

I can't help you, but omg your nails!!!
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Re: Can you help me identify these berries.....?

Postby Yanagi-sen » Mon Dec 05, 2011 4:53 pm

Way too big for elderberries, they are tiny, and grow in umbrella-like clusters.
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Re: Can you help me identify these berries.....?

Postby quidam » Mon Dec 05, 2011 5:20 pm

They look very familiar to me. What is your general location?
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Re: Can you help me identify these berries.....?

Postby SetsunaKou » Mon Dec 05, 2011 5:43 pm

Oh, thanks so much! Quidam-san, I'm located in NE Florida. ^^

Thanks, Yanagi-sen! So we can eliminate that berry!!! Thanks for letting me know!!!

And, Evelien-san, hee hee, yup, I have 'claws' as my sister always calls them. (Sorry they're kind of spotted at the moment, with paint speckles from the faceups I've been doing. EEK!) They grow so fast! I think because they are really flexible, they don't break, and so just keep growing. Sometimes, one or two will 'tear' but my nails are bendy, so they never break. ^^;;

If one does get torn, then it's really hard for me to type!! ^.~
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Re: Can you help me identify these berries.....?

Postby kittyasauras » Mon Dec 05, 2011 6:30 pm

I'm pretty sure that I've seen those before, we had them growing in trees on the farm. I always wanted to touch/eat them but my dad told me no because they were poisonous. u___u;

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Re: Can you help me identify these berries.....?

Postby kittyasauras » Mon Dec 05, 2011 6:39 pm

Okay, I haven't found anything yet, but the leaves really look like a pear tree.

The way the leaves are shaped and how the berries hang, make it look like a Callery Pear tree or a Green spot berry tree. But the berries look off. So maybe it's in that family?

:EDIT: here, try this website:

http://floridayards.org/fyplants/index.php
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Re: Can you help me identify these berries.....?

Postby dhawktx » Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:37 pm

Looks like one of the Laurels to me...similar to the culinary Bay Laurel
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Re: Can you help me identify these berries.....?

Postby AmberRose » Mon Dec 05, 2011 10:13 pm

I was thinking wow your nails are long.
yeah i had those in my yard too was told also dont eat those they're poisonous.
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Re: Can you help me identify these berries.....?

Postby Chrystal » Tue Dec 06, 2011 12:09 am

We have them here in South Africa as well. Or at least something that looks similar. Also was told they are poisonous.
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