Sambucus sibirica

Description

A shrub. It grows 2-4 m tall. It loses its leaves during the year. The flowers are greenish yellow. The fruit are red and fleshy.

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Edible Uses

The fruit should be cooked before eating.

Traditional Uses

The fruit should be cooked.

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Distribution

It is a temperate plant.

Where It Grows

Central Asia, China, Mongolia, Russia, Siberia,

Cultivation

It can be grown by seed or cuttings of fresh shoots.

Dangerous Lookalikes

This plant can be confused with the following toxic species. Always verify identification carefully before consuming any wild plant.

VERY TOXIC

Pokeweed

Phytolacca americana

Jakec

Safe

Siberian elder

Sambucus sibirica

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Pokeweed: Thick red/purple herbaceous stems (no bark), berries in a line (raceme), simple large leaves, large white taproot.

Siberian elder: Woody bark, berries in broad flat clusters (cymes), compound leaves with 5-7 leaflets.

References (1)

• Zhang, Y. et al, 2020, Characteristics and utilization of plant diversity and resources in Central Asia. Regional Sustainability. Elsevier. p 6

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