Cloudberries can often be found in small clay pots at house entrances. They please the eye all year round with their green foliage and in winter they show courage with their red berries. How poisonous are they?
The berries of the checkerberry are slightly poisonous
Slightly toxic and medicinal
It is officially stated that cloudberries are classified as slightly poisonous. If you eat too many berries with seeds, you have to reckon with the fact that symptoms of poisoning can occur. For the berries these are:
- diarrhea
- nausea
- Vomit
- Gastrointestinal Pain
The leaves of the haricot are non-toxic and used for tea in North America. In addition, the essential oil contained in them is used to produce wintergreen oil. Applied to the skin, it has a pain-relieving and anti-inflammatory effect. This can help with nerve pain, muscle tension and rheumatic complaints, among other things.
tips
The easy-care berries are not particularly poisonous for animals or are of no interest to most animals such as cats and dogs for consumption.