http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/StratfordL...s/pokeweed.htm



Christopher Green wrote:

Margaret Bopp wrote in message ...

fran wrote:

sounds like pokeberry. don't think its edible.


It is edible. That's why it's sometimes know as poke salad.


Just barely. If it's just a little too old, it's also a fierce
laxative.

My grandmother told of going to a one-room school in a community where
poke salet was popular. Kids who had eaten this stuff were seated
together in a far corner, because the others couldn't stand the smell.