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Elderberry
Sambucus nigra
Dark berries cooked into syrup at the first winter cough — never eaten raw.
Flavor
Cooked berries are jammy, wine-dark, and tart; flowers are honey-muscat.
Symptoms
cold, flu, cough, fever, congestion
In favor
Good kitchen-project plant
Against
Raw plant is poisonous
Grow lab
Yes
Days to harvest
First real crop 365–730 days from a cutting