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Elderberry is a dark purple berry rich in fiber and antioxidants.Elderberry has long been used in some cultures to help relieve cold and flu symptoms, and in recent years, elderberry supplements ...
Elderberry has been used to remedy colds, congestion, and flus for thousands of years. And today, some Indigenous Americans still use the berry for food, medicines, and other purposes (like dye ...
Elderberry is a tart, dark purple berry from the Sambucus nigra tree, also known as the European or black elder tree. The trees are native to Europe and grow in North America, Asia and Northern ...
The fruit is an ellipsoid compound drupe of 15 to 25 mm at its widest diameter, weighing 3-5 grams, green when formed, becoming red when ripe and then dark and bright purple. It consists of small drupes attached to the receptacle when ripe and fleshy whitish rich in vitamin C, calcium and phosphorus, bittersweet, and suitable for juices ...
The berries are also used in jellies and wine. The roots are used to make herbal tea. The roots are used to make herbal tea. As a folk remedy it has been claimed that "fresh, crushed leaves of American beautyberry, Callicarpa americana ... helped keep biting insects away from animals such as horses and mules". [ 2 ]
It flowers from August to November. The fruits are oval berries, red to dark-purple when ripe. Common names are waterbessie , undoni, umSwi, umJoni and hute , trâm mốc, trâm vối or vối rừng . "Water berry" is also used for other species of Syzygium.
Callicarpa acuminata is a species of beautyberry native to Latin America from Mexico to Bolivia. [2] [3] [4] Unlike the other species of this genus, C. acuminata produces small berry-like fruits which can be dark-purple or dark blue-purple.
The leaves are opposite, oval, 1–2 cm long and 1-1.5 cm broad, entire, glossy dark green, with a spicy scent if crushed. The flowers are drooping, 1 cm diameter with four or five white or pale pink petals and numerous short stamens; the fruit is a small red, white or purple berry 1 cm diameter.