Can you help me identify these berries.....?

[SetsunaKou]

Hi Min'nasama!!!!!!


I have a totally 'un-doll' question for you all today!!!!! Hopefully, we have some avid berry or tree enthusiasts here who can answer my question!! ^^

My father brought in a small piece from a tree we have, to ask me to identify it. 0_o
I'm not really an outdoorsy person and don't know much about berries, aside from strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, cranberries, so I put the query to you!!! My first thought was perhaps....elderberries? But....the stems aren't quite right....

It has thousands and thousands of dark purple berries on it, approx 1/2" diameter each. The green leaves are approx. 1.5" to 2" long each, with a teardrop shape and wrinkly edges. ^^;; The berries are attached to the stems on what appears like a 'bell shaped' cone attachment.

Here are some photos:








Can anyone identify these guys?

Thanks for your help in advance!!!!!

[Evelien]

I can't help you, but omg your nails!!!

[Yanagi-sen]

Way too big for elderberries, they are tiny, and grow in umbrella-like clusters.

[quidam]

They look very familiar to me. What is your general location?

[SetsunaKou]

Oh, thanks so much! Quidam-san, I'm located in NE Florida. ^^

Thanks, Yanagi-sen! So we can eliminate that berry!!! Thanks for letting me know!!!

And, Evelien-san, hee hee, yup, I have 'claws' as my sister always calls them. (Sorry they're kind of spotted at the moment, with paint speckles from the faceups I've been doing. EEK!) They grow so fast! I think because they are really flexible, they don't break, and so just keep growing. Sometimes, one or two will 'tear' but my nails are bendy, so they never break. ^^;;

If one does get torn, then it's really hard for me to type!! ^.~

[kittyasauras]

I'm pretty sure that I've seen those before, we had them growing in trees on the farm. I always wanted to touch/eat them but my dad told me no because they were poisonous. u___u;

Let me look in my landscaping notes.

[kittyasauras]

Okay, I haven't found anything yet, but the leaves really look like a pear tree.

The way the leaves are shaped and how the berries hang, make it look like a Callery Pear tree or a Green spot berry tree. But the berries look off. So maybe it's in that family?

:EDIT: here, try this website:

http://floridayards.org/fyplants/index.php

[dhawktx]

Looks like one of the Laurels to me...similar to the culinary Bay Laurel

[AmberRose]

I was thinking wow your nails are long.
yeah i had those in my yard too was told also dont eat those they're poisonous.
no clue

[Chrystal]

We have them here in South Africa as well. Or at least something that looks similar. Also was told they are poisonous.