Sergei do you recognize this berry plant?

Hi Sergei! We have a lot of these plants growing out here, mostly along a creek. Here are some pictures that I took of them today:

Wyatt Brush wrote:Hi Sergei! We have a lot of these plants growing out here, mostly along a creek. Here are some pictures that I took of them today:

Dear Wyatt,

The picture is a little blurry and I don't feel comfortable identifying the berries under these conditions. Can you repost a better pic?

Sergei Boutenko wrote:

Wyatt Brush wrote:Hi Sergei! We have a lot of these plants growing out here, mostly along a creek. Here are some pictures that I took of them today:

Dear Wyatt,

The picture is a little blurry and I don't feel comfortable identifying the berries under these conditions. Can you repost a better pic?

Thank you for your reply! I can try to get a better picture. What details do you most need to see to identify this plant? I am 90% sure that these berries turn blue when ripe. They look similar to some blueberry relatives that are pictured on Wikipedia, but the flowers of these are split into petals, whereas the blueberry relatives have more of a bell shaped flower. I am skeptical of these being a blueberry relative, because the soil here varies from a ph of 6.5 - 8.0.

On a separate thought, do you know of anything good to do with Manroot gourd plants? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marah_(plant)

Maybe some more pictures of the leaves. The berries do look like they resemble blue berry relatives, however, I am thrown by the leaves.

Sergei Boutenko wrote:Maybe some more pictures of the leaves. The berries do look like they resemble blue berry relatives, however, I am thrown by the leaves.

Okay, here is another picture. I held a leaf up straight, so that you can get a better look at it. The picture also has a clearer view of the flowers. As you can see, these plants are putting on a lot of berries, considering the size of the plants. The berries are about the size of a small pea.