We are in the middle of the elderflower harvest at the moment (Sambucus nigra flos).
Not just used to flavour yoghurts or make cordials, the flowers of the elder tree have many unique properties.
Terpenes, glucosides, rutin, quercitrin, alkaloids, tannins, vitamin C, mucilage, anthocyanins - the volatile oil defies analysis.
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