Herb of The Week - Pokeweed - Foraging

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This is a plant that comes up many times in the wild foraging circles

.... but as the foragers themselves point out (and as Martin has pointed

out) care must be taken for several reasons .. much of the plant is

deadly toxic at all times and the leaves are only edible when young, as

the plant matures the whole thing becomes toxic. Martin mentions

potential carcinogenic properties, which I haven't seen info about that,

but I am not doubting it and will look that up in more detail (we all

learn new stuff when doing these herb of the week projects <grinz> )

 

Below are some links to the foraging info on this plant ...

 

*Smile*

Chris (list mom)

http://www.alittleolfactory.com

 

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http://members.aol.com/keninga/poke.htm

 

http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/Plants.Folder/Pokeweed.html

 

http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1383

<http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1383 & whichpage=12>

& whichpage=12

 

This one has a good picture of pokeweed

http://www.survivaliq.com/survival/edible-and-medicinal-plants-pokeweed.

htm