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Sambucus nigra – Europe and North America; Sambucus orbiculata [a] – western North America; Sambucus palmensis – Canary Islands; Sambucus peruviana – Costa Rica, Panama and northwest South America; Sambucus pubens – northern North America; Sambucus racemosa – northern, central and southeastern Europe, northwest Asia, western North ...
The bark of Sambucus is often used as “a cathartic, laxative, and diuretic”. [7] The preparation of the bark involves aging for at least a year so that the cyanide has time to degrade. Sambucus and other western species of elderberry need more time than other elderberry species as they have larger amounts of cyanide.
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.
When complete, the list below will include all food plants native to the Americas (genera marked with a dagger † are endemic), regardless of when or where they were first used as a food source. For a list of food plants and other crops which were only introduced to Old World cultures as a result of the Columbian Exchange touched off by the ...
Other uses for the fruit include wine, jelly and dye. The leaves and inner bark can be used as an insecticide and a dye. [13] The genus name comes from the Greek word sambuce, an ancient wind instrument, in reference to the removal of pith from the twigs of this and other species to make whistles. [14] [15]
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Many plants that grow in the American West have use in traditional and herbal medicine.. Eriogonum fasciculatum, used in treatment of headaches and diarrhea. Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) contains a large number of pharmacologically active compounds, and has been used for centuries as an effective laxative and diuretic, and as a treatment for bile or liver problems.
Photos of cannibals around the world: In India, exiled Aghori monks of Varanasi drink from human skulls and eat human flesh as part of their rituals to find spiritual enlightenment.