Plant Details

Accepted name:: Sambucus cerulea Raf. [Viburnaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Sambucus cerulea var. cerulea

Sambucus cerulea var. neomexicana (Wooton) Rehder

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
blue elder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
blue elderberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
blueberry elder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
blåfläder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mexican elder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Sambucus nigra subsp. cerulea (Raf.) Bolli Diss. Bot. 223: 174 (1994).
Sambucus mexicana var. cerulea (Raf.) A.E.Murray Kalmia 13: 31 (1983).
Sambucus mexicana subsp. cerulea (Raf.) A.E.Murray Kalmia 13: 31 (1983).
Sambucus nigra var. cerulea (Raf.) B.L.Turner Sida, Bot. Misc. 24: 6 (2003).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Sambucus cerulea Raf.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Sambucus cerulea Raf. var. cerulea	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Sambucus nigra L. subsp. cerulea (Raf.) Bolli	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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