Mystery plant - edible?

[gemfyre]

This is growing in a creek/stormwater drain just down the road from my house in the Perth hills, Western Australia. The creek has been dry all Summer (it's just coming into autumn).

I'm 99.9% sure this is an introduced plant, does anyone know what it is and/or if it's edible? The berries look inviting and I'll go pick them if they're safe to eat.

ETA : Well, it looks like I haven't found free fruity food. Consensus is that it's a nightshade of the deadly kind.

Comments

[wirrrn.livejournal.com]

No! They're toxic. Don't eat them!

[aequanoctis.livejournal.com]

TOXIC!! I had them in my flowerbed and researched the berries, I think it's belladonna.

[blue-cat.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they look like something from the deadly nightshade family. Some of which are edible but you REALLY don't want to make a mistake....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atropa_belladonna

Most are poisonous but tomatoes, potatoes and eggplant are also part of the genus

[alias_sqbr]

Glad to see you checked before eating the deadly nightshade :)

[drhoz.livejournal.com]

bit late for April Fools there, dearheart.

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

I totally didn't know what it was.

But I'm not daft enough to eat something like that unless I know what it is. :)

[drhoz.livejournal.com]

Ah, I thought you were going for a reaction and got the date slightly wrong :) Well, the more you know... :)

[drhoz.livejournal.com]

your photo made it to the LJ front page

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

Woo I'm famous!!

[pooxs.livejournal.com]

huh! I have that plant in my back yard and was wondering the same thing. now I know! good to know how to poison unwanted house guests :D