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  2. Sambucus - Wikipedia

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    [16] [10] Leaves, twigs, branches, seeds, roots, flowers, and berries of Sambucus plants produce cyanogenic glycosides, which have toxic properties. [16] Ingesting a sufficient quantity of cyanogenic glycosides from berry juice, flower tea, or beverages made from fresh leaves, branches, and fruit has been shown to cause illness , including ...

  3. Sambuca - Wikipedia

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    Sambuca (Italian: [samˈbuːka]) is an Italian anise-flavoured liqueur. Its most common variety is often referred to as "white sambuca" to differentiate it from other varieties that are deep blue ("black sambuca") or bright red ("red sambuca"). [ 1 ]

  4. Sambucus nigra - Wikipedia

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    Sambucus nigra is a species complex of flowering plants in the family Adoxaceae native to most of Europe. [1] Common names include elder, elderberry, black elder, European elder, European elderberry, and European black elderberry.

  5. Sambuca di Sicilia - Wikipedia

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    The main assumptions: from the Greek stringed instrument Sambuca; or from Sambucus, commonly referred to as elderberry plants, widespread since antiquity in the valley of Lake Arancio. [citation needed] Leonardo Sciascia breaks down the name Sambuca in As-Sambuqah and interprets it as a "remote place". [4] Until 1928 the town was called Sambuca ...

  6. Sambucus canadensis - Wikipedia

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    Inedible parts of the plant, such as the leaves, stems, roots, seeds and unripe fruits, can be toxic [7] [8] due to the presence of cyanogenic glycosides and alkaloids. [9] Traditional methods of consuming elderberry includes jams, jellies, and syrups, all of which cook down the fruit and strain out the seeds.

  7. Iris sambucina - Wikipedia

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    It probably originated in the Mediterranean as a diploid species. [3] Many authors think it is a hybrid of Iris variegata L. [28] and Iris pallida Lam. [1] [9] [15] [29] Others think it is a synonym of Iris germanica L., [12] [30] including The Plant List. [31] It is listed in the Encyclopedia of Life and Catalogue of Life, [32] as a synonym of ...

  8. Hibiscus - Wikipedia

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    Hibiscus is a very hardy, versatile plant and in tropical conditions it can enhance the beauty of any garden [citation needed]. Being versatile it [which?] adapts itself easily to balcony gardens in crammed urban spaces and can be easily grown in pots as a creeper or even in hanging pots. It [which?] is a perennial and flowers throughout the ...

  9. Brassica - Wikipedia

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    Brassica (/ ˈ b r æ s ɪ k ə /) is a genus of plants in the cabbage and mustard family (Brassicaceae). The members of the genus are informally known as cruciferous vegetables, cabbages, mustard plants, or simply brassicas. [2] Crops from this genus are sometimes called cole crops—derived from the Latin caulis, denoting the stem or stalk of ...