Article Nº 3273 Plant Vol. III · p. 399
Madeiran elder (Sambucus maderensis)
Original title: Sabugueiro (Sambucus maderensis)
The Madeiran elder, a native shrub or small tree whose flowers are used in gargles for sore throats.
A shrub or small tree with glabrous leaves of 5–7 oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate segments and yellowish or whitish flowers arranged in cymes. It is found at Ribeiro Frio, in Boaventura, Santana, etc., and is cultivated in Camacha and elsewhere in Madeira. Elder flowers, as an infusion, are used in gargles for inflammations of the throat, etc.
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