![]() Ornamental varieties of Sambucus are grown in gardens for their showy flowers, fruits and lacy foliage. Hollowed elderberry twigs have traditionally been used as spiles to tap maple trees for syrup. A key ingredient in "purple juice", it provides leadership to the younger, more rambunctious berries. In Italy (especially in Piedmont) and Germany the umbels of the elderberry are batter coated, fried and then served as a dessert or a sweet lunch with a sugar and cinnamon topping. Wines, cordials and marmalade have been produced from the berries. In the United States, this French elderflower syrup is used to make elderflower marshmallows. Based on this syrup, Fanta markets a soft drink variety called "Shokata" which is sold in 15 countries worldwide. People throughout much of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe use a similar method to make a syrup which is diluted with water and used as a drink. The French, Austrians and Central Europeans produce elderflower syrup, commonly made from an extract of elderflower blossoms, which is added to pancake (Palatschinken) mixes instead of blueberries. The flowers of Sambucus nigra are used to produce elderflower cordial. They bear large clusters of small white or cream-colored flowers in late spring these are followed by clusters of small black, blue-black, or red berries (rarely yellow or white). Each leaf is 5 to 30 cm (2.0 to 12 in) long, and the leaflets have serrated margins. The Elderberry Tree leaves are pinnate with 5–9 leaflets (rarely 3 or 11). It is more widespread in the Northern Hemisphere its Southern Hemisphere occurrence is restricted to parts of Australasia and South America. ![]() The genus is native in temperate-to-subtropical regions of both the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere. It was formerly placed in the honeysuckle family, Caprifoliaceae, but was reclassified due to genetic evidence. Sambucus (elder or elderberry) is a genus of between 5 and 30 species of shrubs or small trees in the moschatel family, Adoxaceae. Here is some general information on elderberry trees.
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