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Latin plant name
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Sambucus nigra |
Common plant name
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Black elder - Elderberry |
Plant type
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Shrub |
Size (meters)
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< 2 m |
Distinguishing features
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It is grown for the berries and the flowers that can be used for drinks (sambuca drink). The berries are edible after cooking and can be used to make jam, jelly, chutney and Pontack sauce.
The fruit is a dark purple to black berry 3–5 mm diameter, produced in drooping clusters in the late autumn; they are an important food for many fruit-eating birds, notably Blackcaps.
The flowers can be used to make an herbal tea as a remedy for inflammation caused by colds and fever.
It has hollow stams that can be used for stakes. The stams are opposite, not like the maple that are alternative.
The shiitake mushrooms grow under the elders.
It needs alcaline soils with lime and stones. |
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