| American Elder |
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| Original date | 3/16/08 4:05 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto, red-eye reduction |
| Focal length | 5.8mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 2.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot A530 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Sambucus canadensis Family: Viburnaceae (Viburnum family)
American elder is a bushy, multi-stemmed, wide spreading shrub with
deciduous compound leaves. It gets 3-4 m tall with a similar spread, and
its brittle branches are pithy and soft. Elderberry often forms dense
thickets, because of "suckers" produced from the roots. The leaves are
opposite, compound, up to a foot long. There are 5, 7 or 9 saw toothed
leaflets, each about 2-6 in long. The lowest leaflets are often lobed. The
star shaped white flowers are tiny, but arranged in showy sprays up to 10
in across. The flat-topped circular or domed flower clusters can be very
abundant. The edible fruits are shiny blue-black drupes with 3-5 stoney
seeds. They are 0.3-0.6 cm in diameter. American elder is native to North
America, naturalized in many parts of India, particularly the Himalayas. It
is also grown as an ornamental plant. Flowering: May-September.
Identification credit: Dinesh Valke, Shaista Ahmad, Vasant Salian, Thangjam Hindustani
| Photographed in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Manipur. |