False Solomon’s Seal Berries aka Treacleberry
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Smilacena racemosa, Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, MA
White flowers in late spring/early summer, berries in late summer. When the berries turn red they do taste kind of treacley-molassesy/woody/fruity, with a tart skin a bit like a concord grape skin in texture and a slick white seed.