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Phytolacca americana, also known as American pokeweed, pokeweed, poke sallet, pokeberry, dragonberries, pigeonberry weed, and inkberry, is a poisonous, herbaceous perennial plant in the pokeweed family Phytolaccaceae. This pokeweed grows 1 to 3 metres (4 to 10 ft). [4] It has simple leaves on green to red or purplish stems and a large white ...
Phytolaccatoxin and phytolaccigenin are present (in the leaves, stems, roots, blossoms, berries etc.) in many species which are poisonous to mammals if not prepared properly. The berries are eaten by birds, which are not affected by the toxin. The small seeds with very hard outer shells remain intact in the digestive system and are eliminated ...
In California, for example, the force-feeding of birds, which is how foie gras is made, is entirely illegal. Chicago, on the other hand, has entirely banned the sale of foie gras products.
Pokeweed. This fast-growing plant, with large green leaves and dark berries in the fall, is poisonous and has been known to kill livestock that eat pokeweed growing in pastures.
The juice made from the berries was used as a dye and ink at one time. The berries contain a pigment known as rivianin or rivinianin , [ 4 ] which has the IUPAC name 5-O-β- D -Glucopyranoside, 3-sulfate, CAS number 58115-21-2, and molecular formula C 24 H 26 N 2 O 16 S. [ 11 ] It is very similar to betanin , the pigment found in beets . [ 4 ]
Try starting a poison-ivy fan club. You’ll likely be the only member. Even though the berries of this sumac relative are vital for overwintering birds, such as yellow-rumped warblers and hermit ...
Berries, edible raw and used in jams [28] Elder: Sambucus nigra: Europe, North Africa, Central Asia and Anatolia: Flowers (June to July), edible raw, as a salad green, or pickled, or to make tea, or alcoholic beverages . Berries (August to October), edible when ripe (turning upside down) and cooked; raw berries are mildly poisonous [29 ...
California’s dairy operators, for the first time in history, are also battling the avian flu virus that has, so far, infected 133 dairies in the state and made 13 dairy workers sick with mild ...