permaculture

[Mike Mattys <mmattys@topend.com.au>]

The nightshade that terry wrote about grows wild in Western Australia. It is 
not
really a nightshade. The botanical name is Solanum Nigra, Known here as Black
Nightshade and is edible. Not to be confused with Deadly Nightshade which is
DEADLY

Regards
Mike Mattys
Alice Springs
(Back in Perth 27th July)

William Bryan Evans wrote:

> Watchout using common names..."nightshade" around here means stay away.
> Nevere tested what eveerybody said was a poiusonous plant. check your
> references, i could be mistakenmaybe some varieties are edible at some
> stage, could the birds bee wrong. Hmmmm
> william evans
>
> Terry Haven wrote:
> >.i also suggest
> > keeping or sarting night shade plant sometimes called deadly night shade i
> > have eaten fruits and no ill effect only the green berries are deadly
> > .little birds luv them