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ELDER
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NAME : ELDER
GAELIC NAME : TROM
LATIN NAME : Sambucus nigra
COMMON / FOLK NAMES : Black Elder 
Black-berry European Elder
Boor Tree
Bountry
Ellanwood
Ellhorn
European Elder
German Elder
Alhuren
Battree
Boure Tree
Bour Tree
Eldrum
Ellhorn
Frau Holle (German)
Hildemoer (German)
Hollunder (German)
Hylder
Lady Ellhorn
Old Gal
Old Lady
Pipe Tree
Rob Elder Sureau
(French)
Sweet Elder
Tree of Doom
Yakori bengeskro (Romany-Devil's Eye)
MEDICINAL PART : Root
Bark
Young shoots
Leaves
Flowers
Fruit
PLACE OF ORIGIN : Ireland & Europe.
HABITAT : It is found in moist, shady places and among underbrush, also
cultivated.
DESCRIPTION : Black elder may take the form of a shrub or small tree, 10 to 30
feet high. The bark is light brown near the bottom of the stem, gray-white higher up,
somewhat torn and stippled with warts. The leaves are opposite, odd-pinnate; the leaflets
ovate, acuminate, finely serrate, dark green.
FLOWERING PERIOD : In June and July black elder sports cymes of white to
yellow-white flowers, which develop into berries that turn from green through red-brown to
shiny black.
PROPERTIES
Bark and Root :
Diuretic
Emetic
Purgative
Leaves and Shoots :
Diuretic
Flowers :
Diaphoretic
Fruit :
Aperient
Caution -: The
berries
are not to be eaten raw and the fresh juice is not to be used.
(unless you enjoy vomiting and diarrhoea).
Elderberry can be found in these Herbal products from our SISEL Store -
MAGICAL PROPERTIES
RITUAL USES
Call on the Gods Dagda and and Nuada for exorcism rituals,
Lugh and Diancecht
for healing rituals, Airmid for natural herbal healing,
Aine for
prosperity.
Lugh for Sleep.
Etain and Macha for fertility and
prosperity.
MAGICAL USES
Wear for protection, and place bunches of
twigs around the house for protection.
An Elder tree growing on your land
protects it from negative energy and lightning attacks.
Use in magic wands
to ward off evil attacks.
Stories, Myths
and Legends associated with Elder
Finn
and the Phantoms
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Last Updated -
August 3, 2023
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