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Growing => Identification => Topic started by: DenisCooper on September 03, 2016, 07:16:35 pm

Title: Any ideas what this might be?
Post by: DenisCooper on September 03, 2016, 07:16:35 pm

Any ideas what plant this may be?

the plant is growing in my back garden - i've not long moved in so still trying to find out whats what

Title: Re: Any ideas what this might be?
Post by: waterbuffalofarmer on September 03, 2016, 10:01:43 pm

Its not ivy is it? It does look familiar, but not sure..... Are the leaves soft or tough?

Title: Re: Any ideas what this might be?
Post by: Fleecewife on September 04, 2016, 12:09:54 am

I thought at first it was a cucurbit, but I think the leaves are shiny not soft, and those green fruits, well I've no idea.  Are you in Britain DenisCooper?

Title: Re: Any ideas what this might be?
Post by: SallyintNorth on September 04, 2016, 08:28:56 am

It'd be helpful to know the size of the leaves and fruits, too

Title: Re: Any ideas what this might be?
Post by: DenisCooper on September 04, 2016, 08:48:21 am

Hi, yes sorry not much info...

yes these are in great Britain.

the fruit is going the same as it would on a grape vine, and are about the size of a blueberry. Some appear to be turn red.

Leaves are quite big and shiny and tough - not soft and wilting.

Title: Re: Any ideas what this might be?
Post by: Somewhere_by_the_river on September 04, 2016, 08:58:53 am

A bit hard to see detail on the photos, but it might be black bryony (Tamus communis). Try googling images and see how it compares to what you have. If it is it is worth noting, particularly if you have young ones around, that all parts of the plant are poisonous.