If you eat pokeweed berries, would that kill you?

Question

If you eat pokeweed berries, would that kill you?

Answer 1

ladies and gents...      it's called a search engine, use it.

RE:  question of pokeweed berries and their edibility... keyword search:

pokeweed berries

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search result #1...   wikipedia  (of course)  answer lies here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokeweed

Answer 2

what the heck are pokeweed berries?

The berries are toxic...http://www.chop.edu/consumer/jsp/divisio...

Answer 3

According to Wikipedia, here's what happens when humans eat pokeweed berries:

"The eating of nonfatal quantities of poke, perhaps of the shoots, may cause retching or vomiting after two hours or more. These signs may be followed by dyspnea, perspiration, spasms, severe purging, prostration, tremors, watery diarrhea (often bloody) and, sometimes, convulsions. If a fatal quantity is eaten, perhaps including roots, the above signs are followed by paralysis of the respiratory organs and other narcotic effects, culminating in the death of the poisoned person."

Doesn't sound fun.