"len gardener" wrote in message
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g'day leslie,

i've heard of a weed vine called the potatoe vine don't know if it
bears any relationship or resemblence to any sort of potato, just
wondering if what is mentioned here is something different?

len


I think that one you refer to is in the Deadly Nightshade family

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"Vincent" wrote:

i've heard of a weed vine called the potatoe vine don't know if it
bears any relationship or resemblence to any sort of potato, just
wondering if what is mentioned here is something different?

I think that one you refer to is in the Deadly Nightshade family

Er, all potatoes are -- they're all Solanaceae. Obviously the deadly
nightshade isn't a good one to cultivate, but i'm not sure we even have it
here in Australia. Black Nightshade is a fairly common weed in Sydney -- has
edible black berries. Bit seedy, but sweet. Spuds, tomatoes, eggplants,
ground-cherries, chillies and capsicum too -- all edible, and all related to
deadly nightshade, datura and tobacco.

I always think of this when people make much of the fact that there are no
poisonous members of the cabbage family.

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Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
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