On 06/08/16 00:35, Al Tprk wrote:

Amos, I think I did not delineate my answers properly. Or did not have enough coffee and got the plants mixed up. Or both

I meant to say that my roommate ate the fruits of the cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus) and survived.

Wikipedia article in English on it says:

"fruit and seed may cause severe discomfort to humans if ingested".

Yet my roommate, who speaks and reads Chinese fluently, has read the Chinese version of the Wikipedia article, and he says that it does not say that the fruit is poisonous.

And yet another article I read in a third language says that the fruits are edible!

From http://www.fruitipedia.com/english_l...urocerasus.htm
"The fruits are edible, although rather bland and somewhat astringent.
Flavour resembles that of apricots, plums and peaches to which English
laurel is related. "

Many years ago I tried some fruit and found it rather unpleasant in
flavour. Of course, it may not have been fully ripe, and that might
account for its unpleasant flavour. Try eating an unripe cherry and
you'll know what I mean!

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Jeff