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Index of Subjects <html><div style='background-color:'><P>Hello Jean et al.,</P> <P> My old stand-by, the Peterson <EM>Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants</EM> (by Lee Peterson, Roger's son) describes the berries as "inedible" (not as poisonous), but notes that the young leaves are a tasty green, good in salads or as a pot herb, before they are fully unfurled. They have the flavour of cucumbers, which apparently becomes too strong as they mature. I suspect that the unpleasant taste would prevent any youngster from eating a significant quantity of the berries.<BR></P> <P>Cheers</P> <DIV>Wayne Neily <BR>Tremont, Nova Scotia <BR><BR>"There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, <BR>There is a rapture on the lonely shore, <BR>There is society where none intrudes, <BR>By the deep sea, and music in its roar: <BR>I love not man the less, but Nature more." - George Gordon, Lord Byron, 1812. <BR><BR><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif"> <HR color=#a0c6e5 SIZE=1> From: <I>"Jean Timpa" <jtimpa@ns.sympatico.ca></I><BR>Reply-To: <I>naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</I><BR>To: <I>naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</I><BR>Subject: <I>[NatureNS] Mystery plant? Clintonia</I><BR>Date: <I>Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:43:39 -0300</I><BR><BR>I'm glad you brought up the subject!<BR>And I should have known to Goggle (not a word, supposedly! but I<BR>say usage makes it one!) sooner, although I did not find as much as I had<BR>hoped, but here it is:<BR>Clintonia berries in two of the articles "are mildly poisonous to<BR>humans". They also contain a saponin steroid, diosgenin, a chemical from<BR>which progesterone is manufactured, although I do not get the impression<BR>that Clintonia berries are used. Probably there are more abundant sources.<BR>However, I still have not found out what the poisoning agent might<BR>be. In smaller people -children -of course the effect is going to be more<BR>serious, whatever the cause.<BR>I am not sure I have reviewed all the material yet, but with this<BR>beautiful weather I'd better get away from this addictive computer and get<BR>outside while the going is good!! JET<BR></FONT></DIV></div><br clear=all><hr>Play Q6 for your chance to WIN great prizes.</html>
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