Flowering Raspberry (Rubus odoratus) edibility

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Hi all,
I have some nice flowering raspberry bushes in my backyard and I'm curious to see if any of you feed the leaves/flowers to your torts? I can't find any edible information on this plant (not on The Tortoise Table website).

Any thoughts?

 

[ascott]

Wilted raspberry leaves develop a mild poison that may make people ill. When picking the leaves for the tea, the user should make sure that the plant is flowering. Leaves used for steeping to make tea must be fully dried. Another important precaution is to be sure that the raspberries are not contaminated by a gastrointestinal parasite called Cyclospora. The parasite causes a disease called cyclosporiasis, which caused several serious outbreaks in the mid-1990s in the United States and Canada. The Cyclospora parasite was found in raspberries imported from Guatemala.
naturalspedia.com

http://www.appliedhealth.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=108441&Itemid=206

These are a couple goodies I found on it.....don't know if it will help you or not in your decision...but good recipe at the bottom....

 

[Redstrike]

Wilted raspberry leaves develop a mild poison that may make people ill. When picking the leaves for the tea, the user should make sure that the plant is flowering. Leaves used for steeping to make tea must be fully dried. Another important precaution is to be sure that the raspberries are not contaminated by a gastrointestinal parasite called Cyclospora. The parasite causes a disease called cyclosporiasis, which caused several serious outbreaks in the mid-1990s in the United States and Canada. The Cyclospora parasite was found in raspberries imported from Guatemala.
naturalspedia.com

http://www.appliedhealth.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=108441&Itemid=206

These are a couple goodies I found on it.....don't know if it will help you or not in your decision...but good recipe at the bottom....

Thanks Angela! Rubus odoratus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubus_odoratus) is in the same genus as red raspberry/bramble so I guess similar secondary compounds and concerns are applicable. I think this one is going to be a big question mark, so I'll likely refrain from feeding flowers, leaves, and fruits (I'll save the berries for myself!).