On Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:40:04 +1100, Richard Wright wrote:

I want to know whether I can eat the berries before exterminating.

W.T. Parsons and E.G. Cuthbertson in their Noxious Weeds of Austgralia
(2001) state that: ""The fruit is sometimes used in preserves and is sold
in the markets of Argentina and Paraguay for this purpose."

Which isn't instructions on preparation. As someone explained about
certain palm fruit, "they are all 'edible', the catch is in the
preparation", e.g. some can be just roasted in a fire, but
others required months of soaking/leeching.

If you want to understand, try "lupini" beans. {:-). They AFAIK will
not kill you, but unless they are prepared properly......... they are
definitely NOT the taste sensation you are led to believe.