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magolina
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11/07/2010 14:15 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 1 of 8 in Discussion |
| Hi I have been told thet the arge tree in my garden is a red pepper tree .can I eat from it and if so how or what do I do.?
many thanks |
yorgozlu
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12/07/2010 01:02 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 2 of 8 in Discussion |
| "red pepper tree "
Never heard of red pepper "TREE".  |
YFred
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12/07/2010 01:06 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 3 of 8 in Discussion |
| Magolina, Pepper growing on a tree? Unless you know exactly what it is and the effects it will have on you afterwords, I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole. Send it down to my GC cousins in the south to taste it, they are good at that. |
Groucho
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12/07/2010 07:18 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 4 of 8 in Discussion |
| "can I eat from it and if so how or what do I do.? "
Can you or should you?
First thing I'd do is stack some toilet paper in the fridge....
Post a link to photo and close-up of your tree and let's identify what it is....
Of course it might just be a Sumac tree (Rhus) and the red stuff is used all the time in Cyprus as a seasoning. |
richb
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12/07/2010 17:42 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 5 of 8 in Discussion |
| I saw these trees in Portugal and was also told they were pepper trees. They certainly smell like the green and red peppers you buy.
Rich |
richb
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12/07/2010 17:53 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 6 of 8 in Discussion |
| I've just found this article about how pepper grows and this does not look like the plant I have seen in Europe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_pepper
This is a vine.
Rich |
richb
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12/07/2010 17:59 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 8 of 8 in Discussion |
| Malsanjak,
I think you are correct. Here is another one http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schinus_terebinthifolius
Other articles I've read say to be careful of the sap as it can cause irritation or skins burns.
Anyway, it says that the berries can be dried and used as a pepper substitute. |
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