How the Misrepresentation of Tomatoes as Stinking ‘Poison Apples’ That Provoked Vomiting Made People Afraid of Them for More Than 200 Years
www.smithsonianmag.com
The long and fraught history of the plant shows that it got an unfair reputation from the beginning
  • Tollana1234567@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    9 days ago

    if you eat unripe ones, they are technically poisonous. thats probably because most other nightshades are poisonous, the berries look other poisonous nightshade. potato berries, green potatoes,etc.