Can he eat it?

[interex87]

Stachytarpheta urticifolia
Blue porter weed?


I have more then I can ever put up with so the question is can her eat it?

 

[Yvonne G]

From a Google search:

"I do believe I was the first to publish anywhere in modern times, Internet or otherwise, that Blue Porterweed blossoms are edible. Even the venerated Cornucopia II doesn’t mention it. No doubt their edibility was known long ago because the flower has been used for at least a few hundred years to make tea, beer and as a flavoring. I am sure somewhere along the way someone tried the flowers. Locally we have two versions, a native which grows low, and a tall cultivated one. The flowers on both are edible, and the odd part is they taste like raw mushrooms. As with many delicate flavors the nose is quite involved and it takes a few moments for the flavor to come through. Tasters find it amazing. The flavor does not survive cooking. Incidentally, the leaves are used to make a tea and beer and the stem is used for flavoring."

 

[interex87]

Yeah when I did a search that's what I found out.
I'm going to let him try it out

 

[BrianWI]

I see where they say extracts from it can be used as a pesticide!
https://books.google.com/books?id=T...e&q=Stachytarpheta urticifolia edible&f=false

 

[interex87]

I don't know if that's bad or not?
Eucalyptus can be used as a pest controller but lots of things eat it.

 

[BrianWI]

Eucalyptus is poison, koalas eat it but are immune.

 

[Tom]

Eucalyptus is poison, koalas eat it but are immune.

This depends on the species of Eucalyptus. The many species we have over here are toxic. The species they have over there that the koalas eat are edible. I learned this with Rhino cockroaches.

 

[Tom]

I don't know if that's bad or not?
Eucalyptus can be used as a pest controller but lots of things eat it.

Only certain species can be eaten, and other species are toxic and smelly.

 

[BrianWI]

The ones koalas eat ARE still poisonous to most animals.

I had about 100,000 cockroaches at one time while doing some research on them. I managed, like most people, to develop allergies to them though. They were fun for awhile.

 

[Tort1419]

The ones koalas eat ARE still poisonous to most animals.

I had about 100,000 cockroaches at one time while doing some research on them. I managed, like most people, to develop allergies to them though. They were fun for awhile.

Yea, I believe that the koalas ancestors were so lazy that they just say up in the eucalyptus tree and ate the leaves. The ones who couldn't take it died. After millions of years koalas have evolved and now are the only animal (I believe) that can eat eucalyptus