Sambucus nigra
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Raw berries, leaves, bark and root cause nausea and vomiting. Easily confused with the herbaceous, foul-smelling dwarf elder (Sambucus ebulus), which is more toxic.
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Opposite pinnate leaves with 5–7 leaflets
Flat-topped, plate-like white flower cyme
Woody stem dotted with corky lenticels (dwarf elder's stem is herbaceous)