I have seen loads of this bright red berries today, please can someone ID it, my misses thought it was red current but i'm not sure
I have seen loads of this bright red berries today, please can someone ID it, my misses thought it was red current but i'm not sure
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I think it is Guelder Rose (Vibernum Opulus)
Richard, London, UK
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Yeah I agree with Rich
This photo shows a similar colouring in the leaves
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?im...%3Den%26sa%3DN
Thirded. Guelder Rose. Turns up in Russian dishes like this one:
Guilder rose kissel
Ingredients:
100 g guelder rose berries
0.5 cupful sugar
2 tblsps potato flour
Directions:
Sort the fresh berries, wash, add some water, close with a lid and set aside for an hour. Then press the berries through a sieve, remove the stones, pour in hot water, add the sugar, mix and bring to a boil. Pour in the dissolved potato flour and bring to a boil again.
But isn't usually considered are worth harvesting and eating in the UK as it doesn't have a particularly nice flavour. I've known a few folks to mistake it for redcurrant, but if you nibble a fresh berry you'll realise why you'd only make that error once.
Aparrently it's used in folk medicine to treat severe cramps
If it smells like pure sh** when you squeeze it, its the Virburnum opulus.
Here in DK not even the birds will have a go at it.