Viburnaceae

American black elderberry

Sambucus canadensis L.

Family: Viburnaceae
Genus: Sambucus

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Common names

By language (20)

Arabic: خمان كندي
arz: خمان كندى
Azerbaijani: Kanada gəndəlaşı
Belarusian: Бузіна канадская
Chinese: 加拿大接骨木, 美洲接骨木, 加拿大接骨木莓
Czech: Bez kanadský
Dutch: Amerikaanse vlier
English: American black elderberry, Canada elderberry, Common elderberry
Estonian: Kanada leeder
Finnish: Kanadanselja
French: Sureau du Canada
German: Kanadischer Holunder
Icelandic: Ameríkuyllir
Nepali: कनिकेफूल
Persian: آقطی کانادایی, آقطی
Russian: Бузина канадская, Бузина американская
Slovak: Baza kanadská
Spanish: Flor de sauco, Sauco chico, Sauco grande, Sauzo, Tapiro
Thai: พวงไข่มุก, อูนฝรั่ง
Welsh: Ysgawen America

Synonyms

Aralia sololensis Donn.Sm.
Sambucus bipinnata Moench
Sambucus bipinnata Schltdl. & Cham.
Sambucus canadensis f. aurea (J.F.Cowell ex L.H.Bailey) Rehder
Sambucus canadensis f. canadensis
Sambucus canadensis subsp. laciniata (A.Gray) A.E.Murray
Sambucus canadensis var. canadensis
Sambucus canadensis var. delicatissima Schwer.
Sambucus canadensis var. laciniata A.Gray
Sambucus canadensis var. oreopola (Donn.Sm.) Rehder
Sambucus canadensis var. submollis Rehder
Sambucus cerulea var. arizonica Sarg.
Sambucus eberhardtii Danguy
Sambucus intermedia var. insularis Schwer.
Sambucus nigra subsp. canadensis (L.) Bolli
Sambucus nigra var. canadensis (L.) B.L.Turner
Sambucus orbiculata Greene
Sambucus oreopola Donn.Sm.
Sambucus planteriensis Simon-Louis ex Dippel
Sambucus plantierensis Koehne
Sambucus rehderiana Schwer.
Sambucus repens Raf.
Sambucus simpsonii Rehder

Photos

Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Rison Thumboor from Thrissur, India, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Rison Thumboor from Thrissur, India, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.