Sambucus canadensis L.

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Mukuvisi Woodland, by Glenara Avenue South

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along roadside on hill behind La Rochelle Hotel

Photo: Mark Hyde
Cork Road, Harare

Synonyms:	Sambucus nigra L. subsp. canadensis (L.) Bolli
Common names:	Canadian elder (English)
Description:	Shrub up to 4 m tall. Leaves 1-pinnate, imparipinnate, foetid when crushed; leaflets, especially the lower, often pedately divided into 2-3 leaflets. Flowers white in a terminal flat-topped inflorescence.
Notes:	Commonly cultivated in Harare and clearly escaping into a marshy area in some abundance into the Mukuvisi Woodlands in Harare. There were some records of cultivated plants in SRGH on 3 Sep 2007 but no record of it as an escape.
Derivation of specific name:	canadensis: of Canada
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Worldwide distribution:	Native from North America, Central America and South America to Venezuela and Bolivia
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Image last updated:	Friday 30 January 2009
Literature:

Flora of Zimbabwe: Sambucus canadensis

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Sambucus canadensis
African Plant Database: Sambucus canadensis
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Sambucus canadensis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Sambucus canadensis
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Sambucus canadensis
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iNaturalist: Sambucus canadensis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Sambucus canadensis
JSTOR Plant Science: Sambucus canadensis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Sambucus canadensis
Plants of the World Online: Sambucus canadensis
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Wikipedia: Sambucus canadensis