Topic: anyone know what this is and is it edible?

[debster]

for parrots more then humans?? im asking for a friend on another site

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

surely it's a cherry laurel Prunus laurocerasus? poisonous, the leaves at least

[debster]

thank you

[thifasmom]

i've seen blackbirds eating it, not sure if its safe for parrots ???.

[star]

Im only guessing here, but Blackbirds swallow berries whole. Parrots bite off bits before swallowing. Its normally the seeds inside the berry that are poisonous, if a parrots' sharp beak breaks the seed coat then there may be a problem of poisoning.

Like I said though Im only presuming to know the answer, I personally wouldn't feed them to my parrot though (That I haven't got :-\)

[Georgie]

Like I said though Im only presuming to know the answer, I personally wouldn't feed them to my parrot though (That I haven't got :-\)

It that the outtake of the old Monty Python Sketch, Star?  ;D  ;D  ;D

G x

[star]

Not an outtake G, I wrote the Pythons sketches........still waiting for me paypakit




teehee ::) ;D

[Buster54]

http://www.tgpa.com/Plants.html
Scroll down to Laurel Family hope it helps

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

that's a serious point about the seeds being poisonous if they're cracked open, with cyanide and suchlike. Here's a similar thing from Ray Mear's Wild Food (with help)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdrfd81PeeM

[Kea]

Apricots for instance!