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Herb with black fruit shedding end of skin (6)

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I believe the answer is:

borage

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'herb' is the definition.
(borage is a kind of herb)

'black fruit shedding end of skin' is the wordplay.
'black fruit shedding' becomes 'bora' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'end of' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (I've seen 'ends' mean this).
'skin' becomes 'goldenfleece' (Golden Fleece is an example).
'goldenfleece' with its middle taken out is 'ge'.
'bora'+'ge'='BORAGE'

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(Other definitions for borage that I've seen before include "Herbaceous plant with bright blue flowers" , "Blue-flowered herb" , "Blue-flowered plant with hairy leaves" , "Aromatic herb" , "Bag ore for the plant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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