Hul'q'umi'num' name:
tth’uykwikw – blue elderberry fruit
English Name:
Blue Elderberry
Alternative English Names:
Blue Elder
Scientific Name:
Sambucus cerulea
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Description
Description, Habitat, Ecology, Distribution
Blue elderberry is found on southern Vancouver Island and the adjacent mainland of British Columbia south to California. It is similar to red elderberry, but bears blue fruits covered with a whitish coating. It grows on dry to moist, fairly open, low elevation sites.
Cautions
CAUTION: This species may be harmful. It produces toxic substances (a poisonous alkaloid and cyanogenic glycoside) in all plant parts. The concentrations are much lower in the flowers and unripe fruits, however, and the ripe fruits are regarded as edible.
Language
Hul'q'umi'num' Name
tth’uykwikw – blue elderberry fruit
APA
t̓ᶿəykʷikʷ
Speaker
Ruby Peter
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