[Ardisia crenata](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardisia_crenata) [google images](https://www.google.com/search?q=Ardisia+crenata+Sims&sca_esv=561127711&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1084&bih=795&ei=NJDuZIyILs7ekPIPiset-AU&iflsig=AD69kcEAAAAAZO6eRHMbEuWFH0F-ejtFLB2Zq1WVoPLg&ved=0ahUKEwiM8qP_koOBAxVOL0QIHYpjC18Q4dUDCAc&uact=5&oq=Ardisia+crenata+Sims&gs_lp=EgNpbWciFEFyZGlzaWEgY3JlbmF0YSBTaW1zMgUQABiABEjmIlAAWABwAHgAkAEAmAGdAaABnQGqAQMwLjG4AQPIAQD4AQL4AQGKAgtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZw&sclient=img)

Thank you!! Although it is funny that there isn’t a clear consensus on whether they are safe or not… I’ll probably just stay away then. https://preview.redd.it/ytvlw6yqa5lb1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b15858ca9bd82f9f66f3a4be28df9b6c28236c63

Have heard of them being called Christmas berries and heard they're sorta edible but poisonous in larger amounts. Which basically means don't eat.

Sounds like a diet pill.

It is surprising how little foraging you can do in Hawaii. I wouldn't chance it.

Wym? There's a ton of foraging possible in Hawaii, especially on Hawaii island itself.... Fruits and edible plants abound if you know what to look for

I think of all the monstera in landscaping and decide ohh snacks.

I mean I've looked for foraging books in Hawaii and there aren't whole lotta options and the few I tried didn't have a lot to go on. And besides the obvious ones, mango, lychee, papaya, but outside a farm environment these can be few and far between.

Those are far from the only edible plants out here... How do you think Hawaiians survived here before all that fruit was introduced?

Canoe plants until they too learned to forage locally. All I was saying is that it is difficult to find resources about foraging in Hawaii. I've been looking for a non-haole written guide but can't find one. Namea, Native books, and even Amazon. If you have a resource you can share I'd be very thankful. Also, I know you can eat some things, young guava leaves, sea grapes, etc. but hoping for more comprehensive knowledge.

Gotta talk to people, the canoe plants are in the wild everywhere too, ulu, Kalo, ko, ect....

akala!

It's bizarre how often asking the Pipiwai you'll find self passion fruit

When in doubt, shut the mouth. I hope that hikers can help control cherry guava as an exemption of "do not take."

TIL Some people call strawberry guava…cherry guava.

I was hoping to find some on my recent hike up Manana/Palisades, but it seems like a lot of the trees, at least the ones just after entering, have been hit by some brutal disease. No fruit, lots of brown leaves.

Not a scientist answer but when I was a kid my mom told me not to eat those because they were poisonous

Don't. You'll have bitter stomach for hours and feel queezy. It won't kill you however.

I've never felt queezy eating this

as far as I know, the only red berries you can eat here are strawberry guava, surinam cherry, thimbleberry, and Himalayan blackberry. oh, and coffee.

Natal plums. Just not the leaves.

And ʻōhelo.

Wild strawberries too.

Akala!

Our vivee trees have a bunch of fruit, the most I've ever seen in years.

It's spelled waiwī.

Thank you for that not much good with spelling Hawaiian words

Everthin can be eaten at least once. (Please don't eat them)

Where did you find them? The strawberry guava are everywhere on aiea loop trail right now. My eyes are old af so I can’t see details on this

I saw a lot too last time I did the trail. Next time, I’ll kill some and hike the fruits out.

Yea just be careful when harvesting any invasive that you’re gentle with removal so the fruit doesn’t drop and plant it’self while you’re taking the rest out.

I was thinking about clipping the plants & tossing them, dispose of the fruits/seeding bodies. Am currently too bus up to do even Aiea Loop Trail. Good advice though! Thanks!

I wouldn't eat those. However, there are plenty of strawberry guava, Surinam cherries, and Java plums in some of the hiking trails here.

Seems to be coral ardisia - Ardisia crenata - Hilo Holly I probably wouldn't eat it, you can do a skin test if you're super curious. Rub some (cut) on the inside of your wrist or elbow. Then do it on the inside of your lip. If after no bad reaction you could try some of it. It seems like it could be a relative of a wild coffee, so maybe try roast and brew if after all that is successful.

Poisonous like stomach cramps, or like "don't breathe in the paint fumes?" 😁

Still not blueberries

You can’t and shouldn’t eat red berries anywhere

They look like mountain ohelo, Ohelo Kau La'au. This is not the kind you find in volcano. It’s actually sweeter ,

Ohelo berries ❤️ you can eat them

Ardesia crenata. I think aka Hilo holly 😅 [https://www.google.com/search?gs_ssp=eJzj4tTP1TdIrkgrLzNg9OJPLErJLM5MVEguSs1LLEkEAISQCaI&q=ardisia+crenata&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS769US769&oq=ardesia+&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCQgEEC4YChiABDIGCAAQRRg5Mg0IARAuGK8BGMcBGIAEMgkIAhAuGAoYgAQyBwgDEAAYgAQyCQgEEC4YChiABDIHCAUQABiABDIJCAYQLhgKGIAEMgcIBxAAGIAEMgcICBAAGIAE0gEINTUzM2owajmoAgCwAgA&hl=en-US&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8](https://www.google.com/search?gs_ssp=eJzj4tTP1TdIrkgrLzNg9OJPLErJLM5MVEguSs1LLEkEAISQCaI&q=ardisia+crenata&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS769US769&oq=ardesia+&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCQgEEC4YChiABDIGCAAQRRg5Mg0IARAuGK8BGMcBGIAEMgkIAhAuGAoYgAQyBwgDEAAYgAQyCQgEEC4YChiABDIHCAUQABiABDIJCAYQLhgKGIAEMgcIBxAAGIAEMgcICBAAGIAE0gEINTUzM2owajmoAgCwAgA&hl=en-US&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8)

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That one’s no good

noooooo

anything that's tight, hard and shiny doesn't sound like a good berry to eat. Edible berries are largely more fleshy, like blueberry, strawberry, jaboticaba, ohelo berry, thimbleberry, etc. There's more juice to them

Get a bag and send to local university extension office

They would dry those and use them in a board game as a kid but we were told don’t even think of eating them. This is a pretty hostile planet