Serious Eats
Do Not Want: Poison Berries and Other Inedibles
Sometimes it's amazing that the human race didn't die out long ago, what with all the dangerous plants and fruits out there. I suppose, though, that after you see enough of your cave clan die of asphyxiation after eating choke cherries or nightshade, you get wise and add these pretty-looking and otherwise enticing fruits and put them on your do not want list. WebEcoist collects 16 unassuming-but-lethal plants and fruits. In fact, the site says, one of these plants indirectly killed Abe Lincoln's mom. Yowsers!