Re: blueberry Anthurium

From: Tom Croat <croat at mobot.org> on 1997.09.03 at 00:53:21(1149) Geoffrey: The seeds are not poisonous if it is Anthurium because I eat the mesocarp all the time. It is initially sweet, but soon becomes acrid, causing you to spit it out. I suspect it may cause the birds to do the same. Tom +More > > Dear All, > > Some of you should start receiving your seeds from today; if you wish to see > what they will turn into then look at the ID section of the Aroid web-site > where they are now posted (with the help of Richard Mansell) and awaiting any > suggestions of identity. Dr Croat thinks it likely to be A. trinerve based on > description only, but hopes to get a look at the pictures later this week and > get back to me with a final decision. In the meantime anybody else who has an > opinion please let me know. > > By the way, does anyone know if Anthurium berries are poisonous? A friend of > mine wishes to grow it but thinks his small children may find the berries > irresistable! I know many aroids have aggressive chemistry but had not heard > Anthurium being accused of this. > > Regards, > > Geoffrey Kibby > International Institute of Entomology > 56 Queen's Gate > London, SW7 5JR > Tel: 0171-584-0067 > e-mail: g.kibby@cabi.org > > -- Thomas B. Croat, Ph.D. P.A. Schulz Curator of Botany Missouri Botanical Garden P.O. Box 299 St. Louis, MO 63166-0299 phone: 314-577-5163; fax 314-577-9596; email croat@mobot.org

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