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black elderberry

plant
Also known as: Eurasian common elderberry, Sambucus nigra, common elderberry(Show More)
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  • viburnum
    Dipsacales
    / Adoxaceae

    European, or black, elderberry (Sambucus nigra) is commonly used in herbal medicine.

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    European, or black, elderberry (Sambucus nigra) is commonly used in herbal medicine.

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  • elderberry
    elderberry
    / Major species and uses

    Black, or common, elderberry (Sambucus nigra), of Eurasia and North America, is the most important species horticulturally (its taxonomy is contentious, and the species is sometimes divided between a Eurasian S. nigra and a North American S. canadensis). The fruit is sometimes collected from wild trees, but a number…

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    Black, or common, elderberry (Sambucus nigra), of Eurasia and North America, is the most important species horticulturally (its taxonomy is contentious, and the species is sometimes divided between a Eurasian S. nigra and a North American S. canadensis). The fruit is sometimes collected from wild trees, but a number…

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