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By Robby

Lanarkshire, United Kingdom

Are the sambucas nigra berries or flowers poisonous to dogs?




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Sambucus nigra is elderberry. The flowers are used in elderflower cordial and I once made "elderflower champagne" which wasn't great, but not poisonously so. I read that unripe berries are mildly poisonous but the ripe ones are traditionally made into wine, cordials and can be added to jams, chutneys and other preserves, from which I deduce that they're not that delicious on their own.
http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Sambucus+nigra

I think it unlikely that your dog would eat them, but don't let him / her chew the branches as the source quoted above says that the leaves and bark are poisonous.

4 Jun, 2010

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