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Enriched botanical record

Sambucus canadensis

Sambucus canadensis L.

Also indexed asAmerican black elderberryCanada elderberrycommon elderberryAmerican Black ElderberryAmerican ElderAmerican Elder (EN); Kanadischer Holunder (DE); Sauco de Canada (ES)American elderAmerican elderberry
FamilyViburnaceae
GenusSambucus
Use categories5
Linked notes2
Poison use is recorded for this taxon.This is a classification flag, not a dosage guide. Do not infer safe use from any documented-use label.

Botanical identity

This taxon is documented in the World Checklist of Useful Plant Species with a reported medicinal use. The record establishes a use report and botanical index entry, not clinical effectiveness or individual safety.

KingdomPlantae
Phylum / divisionTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderDipsacales
FamilyViburnaceae
GenusSambucus
Scientific name with authorshipSambucus canadensis L.

Indexed scientific synonyms

Aralia sololensis Donn.Sm.Sambucus bipinnata MoenchSambucus canadensis M.Gómez, 1897Sambucus canadensis f. atroflavula HouseSambucus canadensis f. aurea (J.F.Cowell ex L.H.Bailey) RehderSambucus canadensis f. canadensisSambucus canadensis f. chlorocarpa RehderSambucus canadensis f. delicatissima Schwer.Sambucus canadensis f. engelmannii RehderSambucus canadensis f. maxima (Hesse) Schwer.Sambucus canadensis f. repens Schwer.Sambucus canadensis f. rosicalyx Schwer.Sambucus canadensis f. rubra E.J.Palmer & Steyerm.Sambucus canadensis subsp. laciniata (A.Gray) A.E.MurraySambucus canadensis var. aurea J.F.CowellSambucus canadensis var. aurea J.F.Cowell ex L.H.BaileySambucus canadensis var. canadensisSambucus canadensis var. delicatissima Schwer., 1907Sambucus canadensis var. glabra Schwer.Sambucus canadensis var. laciniata A.GraySambucus canadensis var. maxima (Hesse) C.K.Schneid.Sambucus canadensis var. pinnataSambucus canadensis var. rubella Schwer.Sambucus canadensis var. submollis RehderSambucus canadensis var. tarda Schwer.Sambucus cerulea var. arizonica Sarg.Sambucus eberhardtii (Pierre) DanguySambucus glauca Benth.Sambucus humilis Raf.Sambucus intermedia var. insularis Schwer.Sambucus mexicana Sarg.Sambucus nigra subsp. canadensis (L.) BolliSambucus nigra var. canadensis (L.) B.L.TurnerSambucus orbiculata GreeneSambucus orbiculata var. glabra Schwer.Sambucus orbiculata var. puberula Schwer.Sambucus planteriensis Simon-LouisSambucus planteriensis Simon-Louis ex DippelSambucus plantierensis KoehneSambucus pubens var. maxima HesseSambucus rehderana Schwer.Sambucus rehderiana Schwer.Sambucus repens Raf.Sambucus simpsonii RehderSambucus simpsonii Rehder ex Sarg.

Documented use categories

Medicine
Human food
Environmental use
Material
Poison reported

These categories describe the kinds of human-use reports attached to the taxon in the source checklist. Multiple categories can coexist; a plant may be recorded as both food and poison, depending on part, preparation and context.

How to interpret this record

Evidence boundary

A taxonomic use record is a discovery and indexing signal. Clinical evidence must be assessed separately for the exact species, plant part, preparation, route, dose and health question.

Safety boundary

Correct identification is essential. Toxicity, contraindications, interactions and safe preparation cannot be inferred from a documented-use record.

Dataset record and provenance

DatasetWCUPS 2020
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Name sourceIPNI
IPNI / external identifier321978-2
Use codesEU HF MA ME PO
Crop wild relativeNo

Contributing checklist sources

Kew Economic Botany CollectionUSDA GRINMedicinal Plant Names Services v8.2Useful Plants of West Tropical AfricaMalaria and Fever in Latin America

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Educational index, not a treatment recommendation

The presence of a taxon in this database does not provide a diagnosis, dose, formulation or assurance of safety. Some indexed plants are toxic, regulated, endangered or unsafe in specific life stages.

Ethnobotanical layer

Traditional-use records for Sambucus canadensis.

Historical associations preserved from the USDA Dr. Duke dataset. These records are not treatment recommendations.