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Sambucus gaudichaudiana
Sambucus gaudichaudiana, commonly known as white elderberry, is a species of flowering plant in the family Viburnaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a perennial shrub but with stems that are produced annually with pinnate leaves that have three to eleven leaflets, small white flowers and small but edible fruit. It grows in cool forest and shady gorges.
White elderberry mainly grows in forest, usually in moist or shady sites in south-eastern Queensland, eastern New South Wales as far west as Warren, the Australian Capital Territory, the southern half of Victoria, in Tasmania and the far south-eastern corner of South Australia.
The berries of S. gaudichaudiana are edible, juicy, slightly sour and pleasant and can be eaten raw or cooked.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sambucus gaudichaudiana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
