Sambucus racemosa

Sambucus racemosa is the species of the elder trees known as with bunches. It is a shrub of the family of the Caprifoliaceae now placed in that of the Adoxaceae , whose subspecies push in the coldest parts of the North America, of the Europe and the Asia.

Description

It is a shrub with composed null and void sheets, the toothed leaflets, the falling down branches. The Inflorescence S of small flowers creams are in panicles pyramidal. The fruits are Drupe S of color bright red.

Characteristics

  • reproductive bodies:
    • Standard of inflorescence: cyme multipare
    • distribution of the sexes: Standard hermaphrodite
    • of pollination: entomogame
    • Period of flowering: April at May
  • seed:
    • Standard of fruit: Drupe
    • Mode of dissemination: endozoochore
  • Habitat and distribution:
    • standard Habitat: thickets shrubby médioeuropéens, planitiaires-collinéens, psychrophilous, eutrophiles, mesohydric
    • Surface of distribution: circumboréal
given according to: Julve, pH., 1998 FF. - Baseflor. Botanical, ecological and chorologic index of the flora of France. Version: April 23rd, 2004.

Subspecies

  • Sambucus racemosa aurea

  • Sambucus racemosa subsp. pubens , the American subspecies of the elder tree
  • Sambucus racemosa subsp. racemosa , the European and Asian subspecies

Use

Acid fruit, rich in pectin, is used in mixture (50%) with the black elder tree for cold .

External bonds

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