Berlin Wild Edibles Guide

Used in

• Chapter 7 The Orchard and the Wild

The rows that check it

• 2 confirmed
• 6 amended
• 6 marked for safety

• O1 amended Safety Fox tapeworm: eggs on low leaves/berries, 190 days in soil, 10–15 yr latency, liver 98 %, ~41 cases 2022; washing and −20 °C useless; 70–80 °C ≥5 min kills; cook everything below …
• O12 amended Safety Mugwort and ground ivy contraindicated in pregnancy; yarrow 1.5–4 g/150–250 ml up to 4×/day (EMA); horseradish/chicory contraindications
• O2 amended Safety Hemlock family: Conium (purple-blotched hairless stem, mousy smell, Socrates), Cicuta (chambered rhizome, yellow sap, parsnip smell, "kills in an hour"), Aethusa (downward …
• O3 amended Safety Wild garlic look-alikes: Convallaria, Colchicum, Arum all lethal/severe; smell test fails by olfactory fatigue; Brandenburg Red List Cat. 1, picking forbidden
• O5 amended Safety Pyrrolizidine alkaloids: comfrey, borage, coltsfoot, ragwort; 3–4 plants/ha spoils 1,000 kg; 85–100 % transfer; EU 2020/2040 limits; comfrey topical only
• O6 amended Safety Heavy metals: dandelion, nettle, plantain accumulate Pb/Cd; no verges, railways, brownfields
• O44 confirmed Rosehip tea in two wars; spring greens list; garlic mustard raw (myrosinase 45–55 °C, denatures >75 °C)
• O45 confirmed Handstrauß § 39 Abs. 3 BNatSchG: hand's worth / modest basket; no roots; reserves and fields excluded; fines to €50,000

In the Index

Wild food and game Safety Berlin and Brandenburg