RED SAUCE
sambucus racemosa
RED SAUCE
sambucus racemosa
Family
: Caprifoliáceas.
Description:
Shrub, often bearing trees as graft, with brownish gray bark and
yellow
marrow. The leaves are opposite, tripinnatosectas, with leaflets slightly petiolated, oval, acuminata, with
a
serrated margin. The flowers, greenish color, are grouped in spikes ovadas pyramid. Calyx and Corolla pentalobulada tubular pentadentado. The
red
berry fruit is
a
acidulous that contains many seeds. It grows in mountain areas average, wet and rocky. It can reach up to 3 - 4 meters high. Is harvested in
summer
.
Used parts:
The fruits, leaves.
Chemical compounds:
malic acid, acetic acid, tartaric acid, sugar, tannin, color,
vitamin C
(fruit) Sambunigrina, essentially,
valerian
and malic acid (leaves)
Properties:
Laxative, depurative (fruit) Sudorífero, diuretic, resolvent (leaves)
Its use:
Infusion, juice powders.
Interesting:
It's the sort of elder with the more edible and tasty fruit, which are produced excellent jams. With the wood work performed at
home
, and the crust, as in other species of willows, is
purgative
. The leaves are applying externally as resolvent on access and boils. The seeds contain fatty oils that might find some value.
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