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woodbine toxicity

Are the berries of wild woodbine poisonous?

 

Wild woodbine or woodbine is Lonicera periclymenum. But many species of Lonicera are found in the United States.

For photos of L. periclymenum, see the two sites below:
West Highland Flora
Paghat’s Garden

North Carolina University’s poisonous plant website indicates that the berries of Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) are poisonous.

Toxic Plants of North America (G.E. Burrows and R.J. Tyrl, 2001, pp.321, 322) says that while some species of Lonicera (i.e., L. involucrata) are edible, the rest are associated with digestive tract problems in children (nausea, vomiting, diarrhea), especially the European species. In the U.S., on the other hand, records of complaints are not often associated with records of clinical signs.