Sambucus canadensis L.

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Sambucus canadensis

Photo: Bart Wursten
Mukuvisi Woodland, by Glenara Avenue South

Sambucus canadensis

Photo: Bart Wursten
Mukuvisi Woodland, by Glenara Avenue South

Sambucus canadensis

Photo: Bart Wursten
Mukuvisi Woodland, by Glenara Avenue South

Sambucus canadensis

Photo: Bart Wursten
Mukuvisi Woodland, by Glenara Avenue South

Sambucus canadensis

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along roadside on hill behind La Rochelle Hotel

Sambucus canadensis

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along roadside on hill behind La Rochelle Hotel

Sambucus canadensis

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along roadside on hill behind La Rochelle Hotel

Sambucus canadensis

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along roadside on hill behind La Rochelle Hotel

Sambucus canadensis

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along roadside on hill behind La Rochelle Hotel

Sambucus canadensis

Photo: Mark Hyde
Cork Road, Harare

Sambucus canadensis

Photo: Mark Hyde
Cork Road, Harare

Sambucus canadensis

Photo: Mark Hyde
Cork Road, Harare

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Synonyms: Sambucus nigra L. subsp. canadensis (L.) Bolli
Common names: Canadian elder (English)
Description: Shrub up to 4 m tall. Leaves 1-pinnate, imparipinnate, foetid when crushed; leaflets, especially the lower, often pedately divided into 2-3 leaflets. Flowers white in a terminal flat-topped inflorescence.
Notes: Commonly cultivated in Harare and clearly escaping into a marshy area in some abundance into the Mukuvisi Woodlands in Harare. There were some records of cultivated plants in SRGH on 3 Sep 2007 but no record of it as an escape.
Derivation of specific name: canadensis: of Canada
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Worldwide distribution: Native from North America, Central America and South America to Venezuela and Bolivia
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Flora of Zimbabwe: Sambucus canadensis

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Sambucus canadensis
African Plant Database: Sambucus canadensis
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Sambucus canadensis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Sambucus canadensis
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Sambucus canadensis
JSTOR Plant Science: Sambucus canadensis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Sambucus canadensis
Plants of the World Online: Sambucus canadensis
Tropicos: Sambucus canadensis
Wikipedia: Sambucus canadensis


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated Plants: Species information: Sambucus canadensis.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/species.php?species_id=156920, retrieved 28 March 2024

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