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Old 10-07-2005, 01:23 PM
Nick Maclaren
 
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Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote:

Some forms of Ipomoea are eaten in the Far East, and they are fairly
closely related. I suspect that bindweed would only give you mild
indigestion. The families to watch out for are the Solanaceae and
the Fabaceae/Leguminosae/Papilonaceae - the potato and pea families.
A good 50% of them are deadly, despite the fact that a huge number
of food plants belong to them.


Also Apiaceae/Umbelliferae?


Right. It doesn't seem to have the same density of poisonous plants
as the the two I mentioned, but isn't short of them ....


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.