Help - Can you identify this berry?

Help!!!!

My little lad has taken a bite from the red berry in this ornamental display. We have no idea what the fruit / berry is!
Externally it is similar to a large grape. Internally, it has several dark green seeds that are similar to broad beans in shape and appearance. The green berry is, other than external colour, identical

Can you help?

Thanks

 

Hi.

I don't mean to be alarmist, but if your son has taken a bite out of an unknown berry, the very first thing to do is seek medical advice, immediately, just to be on the safe side.

 

I have found a photo of something very similar growing in uganda. No accompanying information though, I'm afraid.



You should probably just take the son and the fruit to the docs if you are worried about him.

 

That picture is definately of the same berry.

The vine is the exactly the same......

 

Get the lad and berry to A&E to be on the safe side.:thumb:

 

On closer investigation, (and by piecing it back together) it appeared that he might have only eaten the smallest bit, if any. We keep a close eye on him last night, and he seems fine.

Would still be nice to know what it is though......

 

I'm glad to hear all is well, but to be honest knowing the toxicity of some berries, I'd still be getting medical advice. There is every chance that absolutely no harm has been done, but at the same time, without knowing what it was, there is a chance that something nasty was in it, and the effects are not always immediately apparent.

Please, as one parent to another, take him to see the doctor just to be on the safe side. They may decide there is no need to do anything, which would be the best outcome. They may decide to make your son drink the revolting black drink (I've had that once when I ingested something bad) - I believe it is a charcoal solution that absorbs toxins (its years since my little mishap so things might have changed now). They may take some other remedial action. The point is we don't know, that's why we have doctors to go to. They are trained and paid to know what to do.

It will only take one quick phone call to your local doctor's surgery to ask what to do.

 

Chris - glad that your son seems to be fine, but as Clueless says - do get it checked out! Any small amount of something that could be toxic is a danger, and, you should really get proper first aid advice in what to do should he do something similar again - if he's that way inclined to munch on things - better that you know what to do in different cases - ie, induce vomiting, not induce etc. I recommend a children's first aid course for any parent of young ones.