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The tree could only safely be cut while chanting a rhyme to the Elder Mother. [33] Romani people believe burning elder wood brings bad luck. [34] A wand made from the branch of an elder tree plays a pivotal role in the final book of the Harry Potter series, which was almost named Harry Potter and the Elder Wand. [35] [36]
Sambucus racemosa is often a treelike shrub growing 2–6 m (7–20 ft) tall. The stems are soft with a pithy center.. Each individual leaf is composed of 5 to 7 leaflike leaflets, each of which is up to 16 cm (6 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) long, lance-shaped to narrowly oval, and irregularly serrated along the edges.
Sambucus nigra is a species complex of flowering plants in the family Viburnaceae native to most of Europe. [1] Common names include elder, elderberry, black elder, European elder, European elderberry, and European black elderberry. [2] [3] It grows in a variety of conditions including both wet and dry fertile soils, primarily in sunny locations.
Sambucus cerulea is a large, deciduous shrub, which can grow to be 9 metres (30 feet) in height and 6 m (20 ft) in width. It normally grows rather wildly from several stems, which can be heavily pruned (or even cut to the ground) during winter dormancy.
Sambucus mexicana tree that grows between 2-9 meters tall (30 feet). [5] With pinnate leaves that consist of 5-9 leaflets, they emit a strong smell. The compounded leaves tend to be adorned with clusters of white to cream-colored, small flowers.
Sambucus: elders; Sambucus caerulea: blue-berried elder Caprifoliaceae (honeysuckle family) Sambucus callicarpa: Pacific red-berried elder Caprifoliaceae (honeysuckle family) Sambucus canadensis: American elder; common elderberry Caprifoliaceae (honeysuckle family) Sambucus ebulus: European dwarf elder Caprifoliaceae (honeysuckle family ...
The leaves are arranged in opposite pairs, pinnate with five to nine leaflets, the leaflets around 10 centimetres (4 inches) long and 5 cm broad. In summer, it bears large (20–30 cm or 8–12 in diameter) corymbs of white flowers above the foliage, the individual flowers 5–6 millimetres ( 3 ⁄ 16 – 1 ⁄ 4 in) diameter, with five petals.
Sambucus pubens, the American red elder, is a species of elder native to eastern North America. [2] The inflorescence is a rounded panicle, making the plant easy to distinguish from the more common S. canadensis , which has a more open, flattened corymb.