Common name: Native Elderberry, White Elder Family name: Caprifolaceae Botanical name: Sambucus gaudichaudiana Flowering/fruiting season: Summer (Gott, 1995)

Location:
'In damp shaded gullies with tree ferns, in wet sclerophyll forest in Cotter Valley.' (Burbidge & Gray, 1976:340)

Use:

• Food
• White berries were eaten raw (Flood, 1980:96)

Notes:
Fruits are 'juicy, a little sour with soft seeds and of pleasant flavour.' (Cribb & Cribb, 1987:56)

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Horticulture :

Similar species:
S. australasica - Yellow Elderberry (photo opposite) occurs in rainforest margins (Gott, 1995)

Use code:
FRT

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