Flower followed by yellowish green fruit about the size and shape of an egg. Apricot, Cherry, Choke Cherry, Peach, Plum, Sloe. Grows to 15 feet or higher with large lobed leaves up to 3 feet across. Spiny seed pods form clusters along spikes. Pods contain plump seeds resembling fat ticks in shape and size, usually mottled black or brown on white.
Symptoms usually consist of nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.
Small white flowers. Ripe fruit is harmless when cooked and is generally considered to have no adverse effect if limited amounts are eaten raw. Uncooked berries may have laxative effect. Leaves, roots, bark, or immature berries may cause diarrhea. Morelle Douce-Amere, Poison Berry or Flower, Poisonous Nightshade, Deadly Nightshade, Scarlet Berry, Snake Berry, Woody Nightshade, Climbing Nightshade.