Elderberry

Sambucus nigraAlso called sambucus nigra, black elder, European elder and elder

Elderberry is a juicy, soft fruit. Cooks ferment and preserve it.

Plant-based
Gluten-free
No listed allergens

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category: Fruit
Part used: Fruit
Family: Viburnaceae
Texture: Juicy, soft
Dishes: 1 in the catalogue

Photo: Rosser1954 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use elderberry

Typical ways to cook or use it

Ferment
Preserve

Flavour

Taste and texture

Texture

Juicy
Soft

Shopping

Choosing and storing elderberry

Choosing a good one

Choose fully ripe berries; immature ones are toxic.

Around the world

Where elderberry is cooked

1 dish in the catalogue uses elderberry. Here is where they come from.

Origins

Native to: Europe

Good to know

Diet and allergens: elderberry in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.

Allergens: None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin: No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten: None
Alcohol: None
Caffeine: None
Pork: None

Around the world

What elderberry is called

Names in 90 languages, from Wikidata.

Spanish
Sambucus nigra · Saúgu · Sabugueiro · Saúco común
French
Sambucus nigra · Sureau noir
Italian
Sambucus nigra · sambuco comune · sambuco
Portuguese
caneleiro · sabugueiro
German
Schwarzer Holunder · Sambucus nigra · Fliederbeere · Holler
Dutch
gewone vlier · Sambucus nigra
Greek
Σαμπούκος
Turkish
Kara Mürver
Russian
бузина чёрная · Sambucus nigra · Sambucus graveolens · Sambucus peruviana
Polish
Bez czarny · Sambucus nigra · Dziki bez czarny · Bez lekarski
Arabic
خمان أسود · بيلسان · البيلسان · البشام
Persian
آقطی سیاه · اقطی سیاه

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Albanian
Shtogu
Aragonese
Sambucus nigra · Samuco · Sabuquero · Sabuquera
Armenian
Կտտկենի սև
Asturian
Sambucus nigra · Xabú
Azerbaijani
Qara gəndəlaş
Bashkir
Мәрәүәр ағасы
Basque
Intsusa beltz · Sambucus nigra
Bavarian
Holler
Belarusian
Бузіна чорная
Bosnian
Zova · Zohva · Bazga
Brazilian Portuguese
Sambucus nigra
Bulgarian
черен бъз · Sambucus nigra
Catalan
saüc · Sambucus nigra · saüquera · saüquer
Cebuano
Sambucus nigra
Chechen
ЧӀижаргӀийн стом
Chinese
西洋接骨木 · 接骨木花 · 接骨木根 · 接骨木
Chuvash
Упа хура паланĕ
Corsican
Sambucu · Sambucus nigra
Croatian
Crna bazga
Czech
bez černý · černý bez · Sambucus nigra · bezinka
Danish
almindelig hyld · Sambucus nigra · hyldeblomsten · hyldebær
Egyptian Arabic
خمان اسود
Esperanto
Nigra sambuko
Estonian
must leeder
Extremaduran
Sambucus nigra
Finnish
mustaselja · Sambucus nigra
Galician
Bieiteiro · Sambucus nigra · Bieito · Sabugueiro
Georgian
დიდგულა · Sambucus nigra
Hebrew
סמבוק שחור
Hungarian
fekete bodza · festőbodza
Icelandic
Svartyllir
Ido
Sambucus nigra
Igbo
Sambucus nigra
Interlingua
Sambucus nigra
Interlingue
Sambucus nigra
Irish
trom
Japanese
ニワトコ · にわとこ · ニワトコ科 · エルダーベリー
Kabardian
Бэрэжьей
Kabyle
Axilwan
Kashubian
Czôrny bes
Korean
서양접골목
Latin
Sambucus nigra
Latvian
melnais plūškoks
Lithuanian
Juoduogis šeivamedis · sureau noir
Lower Sorbian
Carny baz
Luxembourgish
Schwaarzen Hielenter
Macedonian
Бозел
Malay
Sambucus nigra
Malayalam
സാംബുകസ് നൈഗ്ര
Manx
Tramman · Sambucus nigra · Berrish hrammanagh
Mazanderani
انگیر کولی
Mirandese
canelheiro
Neapolitan
Sammuk
Northern Frisian
Halbuum
Norwegian Bokmål
svarthyll · Sambucus nigra
Norwegian Nynorsk
svarthyll · Sambucus nigra
Occitan
Saüc negre · Sambucus nigra
Ossetic
Сау фæдæгъд
Palatine German
Holunder · Holler · Hollerbusch
Pashto
تور اېلډر
Piedmontese
Sambucus nigra
Quechua
Yana rayan · Sambucus nigra
Romanian
soc negru · Sambucus nigra · soc · socul negru
Sardinian
Sambucu mascu · Sauccu
Serbian
зова · Црна зова
Simplified Chinese
西洋接骨木
Simplified Chinese (China)
西洋接骨木
Slovak
baza čierna · Sambucus nigra
Slovenian
črni bezeg · Sambucus nigra
Swedish
fläder · Sambucus nigra · sureau noir · äkta fläder
Swiss High German
Schwarzer Holunder
Traditional Chinese
西洋接骨木
Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
西洋接骨木
Tunisian Arabic (Arabic)
عكّاز سيدي موسى
Tunisian Arabic (Latin)
3okkèz sidi moussa
Ukrainian
бузина чорна · Sambucus nigra
Upper Sorbian
Čorna bozanka · Bozankowy bóz · Sambucus nigra · Čećaty bóz
Venetian
Sanbugaro · Sambucus nigra · Sanbugher
Vietnamese
cơm cháy đen · cây cơm cháy
Volapük
Sambucus nigra
Waray
Sambucus nigra
Welsh
Ysgawen
West Flemish
Vliender · Sambucus nigra
Western Frisian
Flear
Wu Chinese
西洋接骨木

Sources and credits

Data

GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
Wikimedia Commons: photos
Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Wikidata item: Q22701

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