What are snake berries and are they edible?

This is Potentilla indica. It is sometimes called “snake berry,” “snake strawberry,” “scaly strawberry,” or “false strawberry.” It is originally from Asia, but is grown around the world as a decorate plant, because the berries and yellow flowers are pretty. read more

The berries cause nausea, dizziness, and sleepiness. They were used to poison arrows. So one of these snakeberry plants got its name because it looks scaly like a snake. That one’s edible. The other two snakeberry got its name because they’re poisonous like a snakes. They aren’t edible. read more

Solanum dulcamara, also known as bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, bitter nightshade, blue bindweed, Amara Dulcis, climbing nightshade, fellenwort, felonwood, poisonberry, poisonflower, scarlet berry, snakeberry, trailing bittersweet, trailing nightshade, violet bloom, or woody nightshade, is a species of vine in the potato genus Solanum, family Solanaceae. read more