The Edible plants

when in doubt don't eat

Elderberry

»the elder is found in most of Europe, northwest Africa and southwest Asia.

• the leaves of the elder are poisonous because of the cyanogenic glycoside it contains
• the ripe berries are edible
• the wood from the plant is excellent for making small tools, it's soft and doesn't split
• the bark, leaves, flowers, fruits, root extracts are used to treat bronchitis, cough, upper respiratory cold infections, fever.

Blueberry

• freshly picked from the plant you can keep the blueberries for a week.
  
• Blue berries have a healing effect, both the fruit as the leaves.
• The nutritional value of 100 grams of fresh blue berry:

Energetic value	230 KJ
Carbohydrates	11 gram
Protein	1 gram
Fat	0,37 gram
Vitamin C	13 mg
Vitamin B1	0,03 mg
Vitamin B2	0,06 mg
Calcium	6,21 mg
Iron	0,17 mg

black crowberry

• The raw berries are mealy and flavorless.
  
• Are evergreen, ground covering bushes with small, light green needle- like leaves of 0,3-1 cm long. The flowers are small and hard to spot . The fruit is a rather dry, black colored and looks a bit like a blueberry
• The leaves and branches are used as medicine against diarrhea and stomach problems. to do this, the leaves or branches are cooked in water.
• Some people claim that the juice is good against kidney problems.
  
• The content of the berries consists mainly of water. The vitamin concentration is low. This also applies to the free liquids, so they are almost odorless.

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