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John K:
Anyone know what this is ?

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Hillbilly:
Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum,) also known as Indian turnip.

Cacatch:
No idea, but I've been seeing 'em here in Indiana this year too. I don't recall having seen them, or at least as many, in past years.

Hillbilly will know.

CP

Cacatch:
See, told ya.   :D     So that's the famous indian turnip? Can ya eat the berries or just the root?

CP

Hillbilly:
You can't eat any of it without preparation-it's toxic as-is. The root is the edible part, but you'd have to be pretty desperate. The roots are full of oxalic acid crystals, and if you bite into one, it's the same general sensation as sticking a live burning torch in your mouth and putting it out with habanero pepper juice. Extended cooking and drying is supposed to get rid of most of it, but you can have my share of it. :)

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