name: Elderberry

flavor_db_name_variants: elderberry

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Elderberry

id: 358

name_scientific: Sambucus

description: Sambucus (elder or elderberry) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Adoxaceae. It was formerly placed in the honeysuckle family, Caprifoliaceae, but was reclassified due to genetic evidence. It contains between 5 and 30 species of deciduous shrubs, small trees and herbaceous perennial plants. The genus occurs in temperate to subtropical regions of the world. More widespread in the Northern Hemisphere, its Southern Hemisphere occurrence is restricted to parts of Australasia and South America. Many species are widely cultivated for their ornamental leaves, flowers and fruit. The leaves are pinnate with 5?9 leaflets (rarely 3 or 11). Each leaf is 5?30 cm (2.0?11.8 in) long, and the leaflets have serrated margins. They bear large clusters of small white or cream-colored flowers in late spring; these are followed by clusters of small black, blue-black, or red berries (rarely yellow or white).

itis_id: 35315

wikipedia_id: Elderberry

picture_file_name: 363.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 106275

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:42:33.000Z

legacy_id: 390

food_group: Fruits

food_subgroup: Berries

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:37.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:23.000Z

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updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 4201

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00358