The elder (Sambucus), in Austria Holder (Vorarlberg) or Holler, is a kind from the family of the (Adoxaceae). It contains altogether 25 kinds and occurs in Central Europe in three kinds, from which the most well-known black elder is.

Description

Elders imagine usually between and fifteen meters large, rapidly growing bushes, which become with increasing size trees with trunks strong up to 40 cm. Their stature is usually bent, the crown, indifferently whether with the bush or with the tree, usually very unevenly develops, lappig and frequently one-sided by outside effects. The white blooms are located in flat, bloom conditions and develop to dark, occasionally red bright wood of the elder exhibit small, dark points.

Mythology

The elder was holy many peoples. Gypsies pulled traditionally before the hat. In the Baltic the heidnischen natives assumed that the Berstukken lives in its Unterholz. Also Teutons and Celts believed that dwarves take stay preferentially in the shade of the elder.

House means

The elder was gladly used, partial as cures until today:

1. Elder bloom dte as blood-cleaning and weld-rubbing, cramp-satisfying, blowing exhausting gentle.
2. Elder bloom syrup has the same active substances as dte. 2 litres water, 2 kg of sugar, 50 g citric acid and into the syrup 2 handfuls of blooms insert for 8 hr., then by a cloth into bottles fill. Coolly and darkly store.
3. Holunderbeeren cooked energize the metabolism and work against rheumatism and Ischias.
4. Elderberry juice is partly converted in the beverage industry without additives, usually however because of the productive color as well as other juices to with the harvest it is to be made certain that no unreifen berries and leaves components with are processed. Unreife berries and green plant components contain the poisonous Glykosid Sambunigrin provoking for vomiting.
5. Elder mash quite is chair-carrying,
6. likewise the first spring rungs in the salad (one takes too much, may one on failure and vomiting count).
7. Elder sheets, crushes presented, lindern sun fire, other light burns, bee and wasp passes, and in milk and painful boiled up also ignited. As dte they work blood-cleaning.
8. Elder crust PUR-craved also in small dose completely fast too strongly, it is not so advisable;
9. Elder root just as little, it drives the urine and pulls deliver-measured also the Nachgeburt, is overdosed however in a flash and furnishes strong nausea.
10. The Mark-rich wood was used after Tacitus for the funeral. Today amateur handicraftsmen use it gladly for the manufacturing of toys such as whistles, water syringes as well as bang and Pusterohren. It can be carved well.
11. The food mushroom named Judasohr (Auricularia auricula judae), often growing on elders, is considered as means for the lowering of the Cholesterinspiegels.
12. Elder Mark serves for the production of microscope preparations: One embeds the object in Marks of one year's before the whole is cut into very thin disks. To evade the actual preparation prevented of Marks from it the blade, whereby it leads it without thereby much resistance to carry out.
13. Only as welfare or house means, but also as food the are not to be used in the spring. Baked Hollerkrapfen: 8 to 10 beautiful large " l weisswein or Most, 200 g flour, 1 EL oil, 4 eggs, a prize salt, 2 to 3 EL crystal sugar, oil to baking, Zimtpulver and dust sugar for covering. Wine or Most with flour, Eidotter, oil and salt well mix. Eiklar with crystal sugar to rigid snow strike and under the paste pull. The prepared at the handle hold and into the prepared baking paste dip. In a pan and bake the blooms therein, dipped into baking paste, heat oil up gold-yellow. The baked Hollerkrapfen to drip off leaves and if desired before serving with a Zimt Zuckergemisch to cover.

Systematics

There are 30 to 40 Sambucus kinds (selection):

• Attich or dwarf elder (Sambucus ebulus)
• Black elder (Sambucus nigra)
• Red elder (Sambucus racemosa) (North America)
• Canadian elder (Sambucus canadensis) (North America)
• Blue elder (Sambucus caerulea)
• Japanese elder (Sambucus filter old IANA)
• Sambucus chinensis (Asia)
• Sambucus formosana (Asia)
• Sambucus adnata (Asia)
• Sambucus sibirica (Asia)
• Sambucus williamsii (Asia)
• Sambucus mexicana (Neotropis)
• Sambucus peruviana

Further pictures

Sambucus mexicana:

Related links

• Elder with
• Imbedding in elder Marks for microscopic preparations.

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