**WARNING** contains honey so do not give to children under 1 yr old. Common elder is also known as just Elder but has many other names. It is a small deciduous tree, native to the UK and in much of Europe. You're more likely to see this as a large shrub rather than a small tree. Quite often it is is tucked in hedgerows along roads, industrial estates as well as parks. It offers white creamy flowers during May and June and black elder berries throughout Autumn. It is this plant that gives us Elder flower cordial, squash,tea, wine and other drinks. Beware that the berries are mildly poisonous so please don't go eating them raw. The berries should be washed and cooked before being eaten or used for wine, etc. The leaves are also poisonous. It is thought the name elder comes the Anglo-saxon 'aeld', meaning fire, because the hollow stems were used as bellows to blow air into the fire. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJeWChP4-nQ