8515.000 Sambucus L. - Elders

Description of the genus

Shrubs or small trees. Leaves imparipinnate, the leaflets serrate. Flowers small, ± actinomorphic, in terminal compound cymes or panicles. Corolla rotate. Fruit a small drupe with 3-5 nutlets.

Worldwide: 9 species in temperate and subtropical regions

Zimbabwe: 1 taxon.

Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

Species	FZ divisions	Content
canadensis L.	C	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Sambucus:

Our websites:

Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Sambucus

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Sambucus
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Sambucus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Sambucus
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Sambucus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Sambucus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Sambucus
JSTOR Plant Science: Sambucus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Sambucus
Plants of the World Online: Sambucus
Tropicos: Sambucus
Wikipedia: Sambucus