Hola, disculpen que uso este foro para preguntar esto, pero mi perra a comido hojas de Duchesnea indica o Potentilla indica, pesa solo 4 kgr. y ha vomitado, no la veo bien, querria saber si es venenosa, nuevamente perdon pero no se si correr a un veterinario de guardia, que no me sera facil encontrar, y aqui siempre hay gente que esta respondiendo. Mil gracias
Taruguito... Lamento lo de tu perrita y entiendo tu preocupación... No pude encontrar casi nada en castellano... Encontré un texto en inglés que te lo pongo más abajo... Por lo que puedo entender, la planta y la fruta es comestible para los humanos aunque no es muy gustosa... Habría que consultar con un veterinario para saber si no es venenosa para los animales, pues hay casos así... Perdona pero no puedo decirte nada más... Desconozco la planta y todo lo que leí en google la da como comestible... Aquí te pongo lo que encontré en sierrapotomac.org y lo pongo por aquí porque no puedo enganchar el enlace... Indian strawberries are classed as introduced by the USDA and are considered noxious, invasive weeds in many references. They are native to the temperate Asian region that extends from northern Afghanistan across the Himalayas to China and Japan and to the tropical Asian region of India and Southeast Asia. They are, however, widely naturalized in North America and considered by some to be somewhat benign as a ground cover. They have the necessary attributes in that they are fast growing, efficient in propagation, perennially evergreen; A pleasant yellow efflorescence culminates on fertilization into a delicious-looking, red, strawberry-like fruit. They are considered by others as very annoying, primarily due to their profligate growth characteristics. The efficiency of the Indian Strawberry in naturalization to new regions and habitats is due to a number of factors. The flowers are perfect, or hermaphroditic in that they have both male and female organs on the same flower; the plant is monoecious. While this promotes self pollination it is generally inimical to genetic diversity in that it can lead to a monoculture that is not resilient to changing environmental conditions. It extends its reach by stolons, which are slender, underground stems that form buds at periodic nodes from which new growth erupts and which extend adventitious (occurring at an abnormal place or time) roots to extend the reach of nutrient enrichment. The phylogeny of the Rosoideae (Rose Family) has been subject to the reorganization that recent genetic analysis capability has invoked on the appearance-based taxonomy established by Linnaeus in the 18th Century. Potentilla is a genus of the Rose family with some 500 species of herbs that are mostly found in the Northern Hemisphere. It has been shown that both the wild strawberries (formerly Fragaria) and the Indian strawberries (formerly Duchesnea) are actually all part of the larger Potentilla. The genetic commonality is consistent with the widespread hybridization of strawberries of various species. The yellow five-petal flower with the alternate divided leaves is often mistaken for the cinquefoil, another common wildflower of the Potentilla genus. The Indian strawberry fruit is edible, but not palatable. Though its taste is sometimes compared to watermelon, this is a strained metaphor. The Indian strawberry has 3.4 percent sugar 1.5 percent protein and has about 60 milligrams of Vitamin C in a liter of juice. For comparison, a regular strawberry has about 6 percent sugar with ten times as much vitamin C. Like the strawberry, the Indian strawberry is not technically a berry, but an accessory fruit, The achenes are the true fruits - each has a style, a stigma and an ovule. The achenes are embedded in a the hypanthium, a cup-like structure at the base of the flower - it is the growth of the fleshy hypanthium that forms the "fruit." The seeds from the achene (red in the case of Indian strawberry) are embedded in it. The leaves are also edible as a potherb - cooking is recommended. Many herbal compendia include the Indian strawberry as a medicinal plant, probably from association with Asian applications. As is often the case, every part of the plant, and sometimes the plant as a whole, is prescribed as a treatment for a different malady, in this case ranging from an anticoagulant blood thinner to a febrifuge for lowering the high temperatures of a fever. A decoction of the leaves is called out for the treatment of edema, or swelling and a poultice made from the leaves can be used as a vulnerary in the treatment of wounds, boils, burns and abscesses. Even the fruit is singled out for its restorative properties, serving as a cure for various skin diseases. Te reitero mis deseos de pronta solución a esto...
Muchisimas gracias Marta, que bueno, es comestible, entonces es solo molestia. La verdad mordi una para ver que sabor tenia y me resulto aspera, eso, mas todo el tema del vomito es lo que la debe haber molestado mas. Ahora ya no esta agitada. Era un problema encontrar un veterinario que tenga conocimientos de todas las plantas, es casi imposible. Muchas gracias nuevamente por buscar por mi, creo que yo estaba muy nerviosa y no sé me ocurrio buscarlo en ingles.
No es problema... Siempre que tengas un traductor a mano... No lo puse traducido porque las frases muchas veces están de diferente formato que en castellano y no quedan bien... y encima no podía poner el enlace... por eso te mandé semejante escrito... Pero bueno, lo que te aconsejaría es que no probaras nunca una planta sin saber si es venenosa o no, porque de serlo, no sólo estaría enferma la perrita... Me imaginé que no estabas muy tranquila con semejante panorama... lo bueno es que está mejor ahora...
Te agradezco nuevamente, no es problema hablo ingles. Tenes mucha razon en cuanto a no probar las hojas fue actitud estupida Mi perrita ya esta ahora bien y tranquila y yo tambien
Normalmente no será un problema y la perra lo vomitará si le sienta mal, pero ojo, incluso las plantas comestibles pueden ser malas si por ejemplo llevan restos de pesticidas. Además los humanos pueden comer cosas que a los perros no les sientan bien. Lo mejor es que no te alarmes pero la tengas vigilada por si acaso.
Muchas gracias Pvaldes por tu ayuda y consejo, no dormimos en toda la noche porque estaba molesta, supongo que se habra lastimado la garganta al vomitar, pero ya esta bien y descansando. Que tengas un lindo fin de semana
