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Plant with pumpking like leaves but with serrated edges

 
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Hi, any idea of The name of this plant?
The leaves taste and look similar than cucurbirs. And inalso have noticed that it attrack lots of insects.

Are The leaves edible?
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Looks like thimbleberry. Rubus Parviflorum
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The articles that I have read suggest tasting sparingly to test for edibility.  Since you have tasted it, then I suspect it is edible.

If it is thimbleberry, Rubus Parviflorum as Robert suggests then yes it is  edible.

The fruit is a bright red, with a raspberry-like berry that can be eaten raw or cooked.  The leaves and young shoots can be eaten raw or cooked.
 
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Hi Ronaldo, it would probably help if you put your general location in, so it would show up on your posts. i think i remember that you’re somewhere tropical, in which case it’s likely not thimbleberry, and most of our temperate guesses won’t be right. it looks like half a dozen things i know, but that are unlikely to be in your area. i’d be asking various locals if it’s edible before going too far down the route of eating.
 
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I believe you may want to look at Balsa wood. The plant looks very malvaceous to me and similar to pictures of Balsa. Balsa is a tropical mallow tree of unknown edibility but no known hazards, according to Plants for a Future. https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Ochroma+pyramidale

I have no experience with the plant. My climate is too temperate.
 
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Hi people, ive discovered something very crazy about this plant. First of all i would like to tell You all that i'm in The Amazon jungle in Perú. Ive forgot to mention.

Ok.  I was watching The plant and i was very curious why this plant attracts so many insects , specially when this plant doesnt has flowers and i realize all insects go to a particular part of The plant . They all go The edges of The plant.
All insects have a preference for The edges of The leaves.  So i was wondering , what on The edges of The leaves?
Why do The edges of The leaves attracts bees?
so watching The planta i realize Theres something in The spikes of The serrated edges . They are not convencional leaves. When The leaves are small The are redish with green edges . And when it grows The redish part become green. It seems that this border is producing some kind of food for insects. It's like if The leaves were a mix of leaves and flowers.

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extra-floral nectaries (places where nectar is made, outside of flowers) aren’t too uncommon in the plant world. plants and insects co-evolved in all sorts of fancy ways, and plants making extra bug-food is one of them. i expect it’s something like that.
 
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Also, some mallows have a musky taste that may be similar to cucurbits and especially to Lagenaria. For instance, in my climate, velvetleaf mallow leaves and basswood / linden winter buds. We should be able to tell for sure when the flowers open up.

Many people consider tasting unidentified plants to be a very scary activity. So I’m wondering, how do you minimize the risks and feel safe enough to do this?
 
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