Sambucus ebulus L.

Spice In the field Inflorescence

Family: CAPRIFOLIACEAE

Genus: Sambucus

Catalan common name: Ébol. Èvol.

Spanish common name: Matapulgas. Sauquillo. Yezgo.

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

Uses and properties: Medicinal.

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Fields and road sides.

Characteristics: This plant that can grow up to more than a metre in height, leaves are composite and stinky. Flowers are reunited in an umbel like inflorescence, and are white in colour, standing out upon the dark green leaves. Flowers at the end of spring and during the summer. Grows in humid soils.