Black Twin Berry

"Black Twin Berry" (Lonicera involucrata)

2008 June 1

2008 June 1

2008 June 1

2008 June 18

2008 June 8
... but taken at Sea Level, while the flower pictures were taken at
945 meters (elevation).

Black bears, grizzlies and birds will eat these berries and they won't really harm you either, but they are bitter. Here, you will find a number of references as to how this berry was, or was not, used by the various Aboriginal Peoples.

A few references said that the juice of the crushed berries and the inner shavings of the stem are steeped in warm water until the liquid turns a green or yellow color were used to treat cataracts and were applied to the eyes as drops.