Plant Details

Accepted name:: Sambucus canadensis L. [Viburnaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
american elder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
american elderberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
canadian elder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
elderberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
florida elder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kanadafläder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kanadese vlier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mexican elder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sambucus canadensis	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
sauco	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
saúco	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sweet elder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
flower, root, leaf		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 34 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Sambucus cerulea var. arizonica Sarg. Man. Trees, ed. 2: 885 (1922).
Sambucus nigra subsp. canadensis (L.) Bolli Diss. Bot. 223: 168 (1994).
Aralia sololensis Donn.Sm. Bot. Gaz. 56: 58 (1913).
Sambucus bipinnata Moench Methodus: 506 (1794), nom. superfl.
Sambucus canadensis f. atroflavula House Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 243-244: 41 (1923).
Sambucus canadensis var. aurea J.F.Cowell ex L.H.Bailey Cycl. Amer. Hort. 4: 1610 (1902).
Sambucus canadensis f. aurea (J.F.Cowell ex L.H.Bailey) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 599 (1949).
Sambucus canadensis f. chlorocarpa Rehder in C.S.Sargent, Trees & Shrubs 2: 188 (1911).
Sambucus canadensis f. delicatissima Schwer. Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 16: 256 (1907 publ. 1908).
Sambucus canadensis f. engelmannii Rehder in C.S.Sargent, Trees & Shrubs 2: 188 (1911).
Sambucus canadensis var. glabra Schwer. Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 29: 215 (1920).
Sambucus canadensis subsp. laciniata (A.Gray) A.E.Murray Kalmia 13: 31 (1983).
Sambucus canadensis var. laciniata A.Gray Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(2): 9 (1884).
Sambucus canadensis var. maxima (Hesse) C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 635 (1911).
Sambucus canadensis f. maxima (Hesse) Schwer. Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 18: 36 (1909).
Sambucus canadensis f. repens Schwer. Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 29: 216 (1920).
Sambucus canadensis f. rosicalyx Schwer. Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 29: 216 (1920).
Sambucus canadensis var. rubella Schwer. Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 18: 36 (1909).
Sambucus canadensis f. rubra E.J.Palmer & Steyerm. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 25: 773 (1938).
Sambucus canadensis var. submollis Rehder in C.S.Sargent, Trees & Shrubs 2: 188 (1911).
Sambucus canadensis var. tarda Schwer. Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 18: 36 (1909).
Sambucus eberhardtii Danguy Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 28: 378 (1922).
Sambucus humilis Raf. Ann. Nat. 1: 13 (1820), nom. illeg.
Sambucus intermedia var. insularis Schwer. Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 18: 38 (1909).
Sambucus nigra var. canadensis (L.) B.L.Turner Sida, Bot. Misc. 24: 6 (2003).
Sambucus orbiculata Greene Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 2: 99 (1910).
Sambucus orbiculata var. glabra Schwer. Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 29: 219 (1920).
Sambucus orbiculata var. puberula Schwer. Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 29: 219 (1920).
Sambucus planteriensis Simon-Louis ex Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 169 (1889).
Sambucus plantierensis Koehne Deut. Dendrol.: 533 (1893).
Sambucus pubens var. maxima Hesse Gartenflora 47: 582 (1898).
Sambucus rehderiana Schwer. Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 29: 220 (1920).
Sambucus repens Raf. Alsogr. Amer.: 47 (1838).
Sambucus simpsonii Rehder in C.S.Sargent, Trees & Shrubs 2: 187 (1911).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Sambucus canadensis	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Sambucus canadensis (L.) R. Bolli	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Sambucus canadensis L.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Sambucus coerulea Raf. arizonica Sarg.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Sambucus nigra L. subsp. canadensis (L.) Bolli	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Sambucus nigra L. subsp. canadensis (L.) R.Bolli	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)

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