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By Janegill40

United Kingdom

I have a purple sambuca in my garden can i eat the flowers and berries the same as the wild elderflower


On plant sambuca purpurea

  • Question asked on 16 Jun, 2008

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Owdboggy
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See here and make your own decision!
http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Sambucus+canadensis

16 Jun, 2008

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