Can You Eat Horsenettle Berries? A Comprehensive Warning
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Over 78 schoolboys were reported ill in 1978 after eating potatoes containing elevated levels of a toxic compound also found in horsenettle berries. All parts of the horsenettle plant, including its deceptive, yellow, tomato-like fruit, are poisonous to humans and animals. Ingesting horsenettle berries can lead to severe gastrointestinal and neurological symptoms, and in some cases, even death.
