DS has eaten wild berries he found on a tree - help

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I don’t have a photo of what he has eaten but it was shaped like a cherry but smaller. It had a pip in the middle and was dark red. It came off a tree, no idea what the tree looks like.

Does anyone know what berry this could be and is it safe? Dh is being very blasé about it but I am worried.

The tree next to the white car is a cherry, you can tell by the bark even when they aren't in leaf. I know they are fruiting now because I ate a handful today. The ones I had were very much smaller than shop ones, big stone, small fruit but they were sweet enough. Mine were also from a random roadside tree but I can recognise a cherry (and yew, laburnum, sloe, nightshade, crabapple) when I see one.

You could have been at A&E by now and getting proper answers not random guesses from people on the Internet who could be making it up as they go along.

A photo of the berries would help more than one of the tree. Maybe we can help then.

Do not make him sick.

That last picture looks like hawthorn. Are the leaves a bit like oak leaves, and the branches have thorns?
Hopefully it is, because I think hawthorn is safe to eat. At any rate we used to eat them off the trees round school.

Take a leaf and a berry and go to A&E. They should be pretty empty this time on a Sunday night.

Looks exactly like my ornamental cherry.
I would assume he'll be fine.

Yes seek medical advice. DS tried to eat a berry but as it burst in his mouth it was bitter so he spit it out. Dr said to keep an eye but even that bit gave him chronic diarhhoea for 3 days

Hit send too soon. Can you not go and look at the actual tree? Not from a distance but up close so you can see what you are looking at.

You need to go to A and E with the berries unless you are 110% convinced they are not toxic.

Poisonous mushrooms taste "fine", they still kill people hours later.

It is completely irresponsible parenting to not be in A and E by now (with or without the berries).

Why are you driving around looking for a tree just get to hospital!!

Took ds out and found it.

Bark

So it looks like a cherry tree, it tasted like a cherry and sounds like a cherry, probably a chery then. I would phone 111 if concearned.

Those are definitely cherries.

I’m going to have to assume it’s safe or he would have spat it out. The branch he brought back has no spikes or anything on it. I know spikes usually mean keep away

No, unfortunately

Yew berries are sweet and deadly, laburnum has no thorns, neither does deadly nightshade. You cannot assume anything.

Yesit,s a cherry.

It probably is a wild cherry. I have a tree like that in my garden and have occasionally eaten the fruit which is harmless.

This is a dwarf version, mine is a tallish tree but the fruit is much the same, quite dark:

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Ok this is potentially incredibly serious. The photos aren't good enough for an ID and it is entirely possible the berries are poisonous. Yes some highly toxic berries, plants, and mushrooms can taste delicious so that is not a good gauge of safety at all. There is a Facebook group called Poisons Help Emergency Identification which is run by incredible botanists and mycologists and is often referred by emergency services who do not have the expertise to identify possible poison plants or berries. If you can get decent pictures of the leaf, bark and berry someone here might be able to help, but without good photos or a specimen then even a&e won't be able to do much because they wont know what they are dealing with.

Also, don't beat yourself up, kids eat stupid things all the time. So do grown ups for that matter.

Yeah you need to go to hospital now, even if it is a cherry tree you have no proper confirmation. You’re risking your child’s health by not going to A&E now.

That's a cherry. It's safe.

Hopefully though your DS and DH will be a bit more careful from now on.

Ah yes now I see the pictures that looks like wild cherry.

Looks very much like cherry tree to me.
I wouldn't be overly concerned at this stage. Definitely monitor, and make sure both he and DH know not to eat random things unless they know what they are!

Cherries.
I'd be filling a bag with them now....

Phone 111 and ask for advice. As far as I’m aware no-one who has responded to you is any kind of medical/poisons expert.

It looks like a cherry to me - but I'm astounded that you haven't been more concerned, OP.

I am absolutely of the 'you'll be fine' school of parenting - but I wouldn't have been in this case. I'd also have murdered my husband.

Deffo cherries from the picture, in fact I'd be off to fill my pockets.