Beautyberry: Can you eat it?
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- Beautyberry, (Calicarpa americana)
American beautyberry berries become edible upon reaching full ripeness which usually occurs in late summer to early fall. They should be a dark purple/magenta color but not turning wrinkled and dry. These berries can be eaten raw and have a mild, slightly medicinal flavor.
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Is it edible? “That’s the American Beautyberry, also known as Callicarpa Americana. For some reason, everyone thinks they’re poisonous but eating beautyberries is a Southern tradition.” David the Good
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Uses
Ethnobotanic: The roots, leaves and branches of the American beautyberry were used by the Alabama, Choctaw, Creek, Koasati, Seminole and other Native American tribes for various medicinal purposes. The roots, leaves and branches were made into a decoction that was used in sweat baths to treat both malarial fevers and rheumatism. The boiled plant parts were poured into a big pan that was placed near the patient inside a sweathouse. A similar decoction of the roots was used to treat dizziness and stomachaches. The roots of Callicarpa Americana were boiled with roots from Rubus spp. to make an infusion to treat dysentery. The roots and berries were boiled and drunk to treat colic. The bark from the stems and roots was used to treat itchy skin. A tea from the root bark was taken to treat urine retention or “urine stopped-up sickness.” excerpt from plants.usda.go...
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I just passed some beauty berry the other day while taking my kids to school. I plan on going back to harvest some berries and hopefully dig up some seedlings. It's amazing many edible plants we find growing all around us once you know what to look for.
Justin isn’t that the truth!!!! We love it! A mature plant is absolutely breathtaking! Are you in Florida?
@@WildCoffeeHomestead I'm on the east coast of Florida. Space Coast/Cocoa Beach area. 9b.
Justin cool.....yes Kevin reminded me that’s where you were.
We have wild beautyberry around our place, also. I make jelly and unset jelly (syrup) which I like even better. I use the 'syrup' over yogurt sprinkled with bran flakes for a breakfast I look forward to each day. The plant dies back to the ground in winter (NW Florida 9a) but comes back every year. I've heard it can be used for bug repellent but haven't tried it. One plant produced 9 pints of syrup and the second picking about 3 pints of jelly. They are sold up north as an ornamental shrub. Animals also love the berries. You listed the 'authenticflorida site above and that is the recipe I used. Easy! The best way I find to get the berries is to hold a basket under the stem and drop the berries in as you wiggle them off. Our county extension agent said he couldn't recommend eating them since there was no scientific research done on them. I think that is because they aren't commercially viable. Took a lot of searching to find David the Good and Pete Kenaris and the authenticflorida site to validate the edible part. So glad I persisted as it paid off in beautiful syrup and free breakfasts. Came from Justin Rhodes site and welcome to the wonderful coomunity of homesteaders!
mary w so nice to meet you Mary! We are so excited to meet a Florida Neighbor!We really thought the beauty berries were quite pleasant! We will definitely be trying this recipe! We do love being apart of this community and hope you will join us on our Journey! ❤️Bonnie and Kevin
Beauty berry leaves also have a oil that works for a bug repellent. Just break up the leaves some and rub it on
How To Garden will definitely try it!!! We live in a swamp! Lol Lots of mosquitos! Thanks for your wisdom and for watching ! 🥰
We have beauty berries growing on our farm. They make a lovely jelly which is great in homemade yogurt . Sadly our sheep love them as much as we do, lol. Love foraging on our property for food for us or our animals
Merilea Cain we too love foraging on our property and sharing with friends and family! Isn’t amazing how well “native plants” grow effortlessly!!! Love it! 💚 do you have a favorite beauty berry jelly recipe?
My latest experiment is planting summer squash. Last Friday I planted seeds of 3 different types:8 ball zucchini, scallop blend and dixie. Some seeds of each one have germinated. I'm in western Kentucky zone 6b/7a. I have a micro climate on the south side of my dwelling. I plan to hand pollinate if nature's pollinators slow down or cease and utilize some frost protection if necessary. In 2016 the first frost didn't happen until Nov. 13 which is an average of 3 weeks later than normal. I hope for a repeat this year. Even if the squash never come to fruition, I will enjoy watching them grow.
Tricia McDonald squash(when healthy) are some of the most beautiful plants! Hoping you have a nice warm fall so you can enjoy some amazing squash! 💚 We normally don’t get a frost until late December if at all so fall is our best time to grow! 😎
I just think your channel is lovely! I also went foraging for beautyberry yesterday. It's beautiful. I live in Lakeland and just started my food forest this year. 😍 So glad to find you!!
Thats exciting to meet a not so far away neighbor!!! We have enjoyed our foraging so much! So much to learn and so much to discover! Thanks for joining our journey!!! :)
Hello! We live near the Ouachita National Forest area and I've recently ordered some American BeautyBerry seeds. But, after watching your video, it got me thinking... our family likes to go on hikes, so we should start looking for native plants we can take as you did. I love the idea of supporting the local wildlife with the berries (and us). Plus, I've been reading about how we can use the leaves to create a natural insect repellent. All the best!
I think I was number 50-ish! It was so fun to help your channel grow to over 100 subs, and to do it along with the great gang at David the Good’s FB livestream! Like y’all, I’ve been gathering so many free plants after reading DTG’s book! He’s so funny!
he sure is funny, entertaining and so knowledgable!!!! We were so shocked when he was talking about our channel!!!! Love his heart to help others.....anxious to hear about his trip to Indonesia. Thanks for being #50!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You guys should come forage in WNC with us!!! Great video
Brendan Bishop sign us up!!!!! 💚
We have Beauty Berries growing wild. They are so pretty!
The Wilding's Landing isn’t it fun to discover amazing things that grow naturally and you don’t have to work for them! What area are you in?
@@WildCoffeeHomestead Our homestead is in northern Okeechobee county. We are currently transitioning to living off grid out there full time. We currently live in Jensen Beach.
The Wilding's Landing that’s wonderful!!!! So excited to hear of other homesteaders in Florida! We look forward to our homesteading journeys together! We Never stop learning, that’s for sure!!!! 💚
@@WildCoffeeHomestead, very true. My grandma told me one time, "The day you stop learning is the day you stop breathing." Something about that statement made me eager to learn all I could. I learned from your channel last night, that I have a wild resource for jelly. Now I can't wait to try them!
I recently came across this pretty plant while walking around my neighborhood. One house has these growing in their front yard and I got curious because of the purple berries. I’d love to find some to forage.
I live in japan, i have beautyberries in my garden. Its Murasaki shikibu in japanese. I enjoyed watching your video
That’s awesome! I am obsessed with making beauty berry jelly! We have good friends that live in Ikoma-gun, Nara Japan.
@@WildCoffeeHomestead thank you for your reply. Good to hear that you have friend in japan. Nara is far from my place.
You and Bonnie are doing a great job with his channel. Thank you for sharing. I’m in zone 9a, so I’m watching what you do to get more great ideas! Foraged Beautyberry seeds are in my possession as we speak. Will plant them in a month or two when the weather cools a bit. Do you think that’s he best way to go?
Laura B we always get our seedlings from under our trees..... the birds are really good at depositing (pooping) the seeds and they grow! You may just look around your bush and see if there are any babies! I believe it is more challenging starting from seed. So glad you are joining us on this adventure.💚
Dry the flowers of the canna lily, and hibiscus and make tea from them, either hot or ice tea. Tastes delicious. Add a little peppermint tea or some ground ginger to the brew. Hibiscus tea is supposed to help with management.
Do you have any wild blueberries growing on your land? my places covered with them. And beauty berry of course.;)
Mr. The good also showed me that I have a yaupon Holly tea Plantation.
Jean and I live in Northwest Florida just North of Pensacola
Austin and Jean I wish we had wild blueberries. We do have 6 Low chill hour blueberry bushes which were quite productive this year since we got wise and put a bird net over them! That sounds so cool you have yaupon Holly tea on your property! Love discovering the native plants that look like weeds! Lol Thanks for joining us on our adventures!
@@WildCoffeeHomestead I was number 90 that night that David was trying to get you over a 100
Austin and Jean that was such a surprise and shock when we were watching! I remember #90!!!! Thank you guys! 😃 truly blessed! Thanks for joining on this journey with us! 💚
I was researching that holly tea that you have! Wish we had that here..... have you made tea from it?
@@WildCoffeeHomestead Jean has dried and made lots from it. Even packaged it as gifts for her friends.
Fun! And pretty! I'd love trying to grow some here in Haiti. I don't know if they are native here. Do you know if they grow easily from seed? And do you know where good seed can be obtained (US shipping address)?
40rtyPluss yes they grow easily from seed. Starting in late fall is a great time. Not positive of your growing zone but we are in 9b and they grow like weeds. Looks like amazon has seeds.....not sure if that’s the best source. They require no fertilizer and grow well in a sandy soil. They are so beautiful! 💜
@@WildCoffeeHomestead my soil is clay. My zone is 10-ish arid tropical. Hot, dry, and windy.
I buy everything from Amazon except seeds. That scares me. Haha. Maybe I'll try Etsy.
40rtyPluss we have not had good luck with seeds on amazon😏 sounds like your growing zone should work!
40rtyPluss they also have them on seedsource.com out of Texas
Thanks for your video, today I bought a bought the beuty berries and I saw your video,I want to know more about this plant. Can we grow more of this plant by cuttings? Please reply, thanks.
Dale Lusk thanks for watching! We mainly grew our plants by hunting all over our property and digging the babies up and putting them in pots. They grow wild on our property! I tried from a cutting and did not have luck. Obviously they grow from seed/the berries in nature so it is possible. We had a wonderful harvest this year. I got 20 cups of beauty berries that I made into delicious jelly. The flavor is very special! Good luck!
Found American beautyberry grown in wild here in N. Florida
Awesome!
i know it looks tempting but it's not I seen raph wiggim eating these which he did called purple berries but he has been eating toxic thing and said it taste like burning for some reason so that beautyberry is kinda risky but it should be useful for repellent but my alternative is use the bug zapper kits.
Pretty!!!
Cami S. Quite the display of Gods vivid and spectacular colors in this berry! 💜 Thanks for joining us on our adventures!
Hi I have a plant that looks the spitting image of the beauty berry an the leaves are also the same but I’m worried to eat the berries just incase it isn’t how can I find out?
Your county extension office can tell you if you take a picture. Also there are apps that Identify plants. Where are you located? They grow wild here in Florida.
Wild Coffee Homestead I am
In the West Midlands in the UK I don’t think it grew wild i think some one had planted it could I send a picture to you at all to see if you could identify it?
@@joshcatalano5127 I can look at it. The berries alone don’t have much flavor but if you can find enough to make jelly out of they are really special. So that may answer your question. If you were going to just eat the berries I would pass. If you have enough bushes to get 8 cups of berries to make jelly I would look into it.
@@joshcatalano5127 the beauty berry we have is actually an “American beautyberry” it may very well be something else.🤷♀️