identify tree

[Karen Norwillo Registered Find all posts View Profile Close Karen Norwillo]

Can anyone identify this tree? Took this picture in Skansen in Stockholm. Has large clusters of dark purple, almost black fruit.

[cdahlin Registered Find all posts View Profile Close cdahlin]

Could it be "Aronia"?

[kivinen1 Registered Find all posts View Profile Close kivinen1]

Karen,

It looks like an elderberry to me. [sambucus]

EDIT:

Yes, I'm sure it is.

The Swedish name for it is flädersläktet

Google: " elderberry wiki " to find exactly the same tree.

[Karen Norwillo Registered Find all posts View Profile Close Karen Norwillo]

Thanks, both of you. I will check into it. Our elderberries usually don't grow to tree size. Sambucca are generally sold as shrubs around here. Same with the aronia.

[karinh Registered Find all posts View Profile Close karinh]

Karen
Ilmari is right. This is a flädertree (elderberry) and It´s probably very old. If you pick the flowers from a real elderberry tree you can make really nice kind of juice. We call it "flädersaft".
Karin Högnabba

[Karen Norwillo Registered Find all posts View Profile Close Karen Norwillo]

Thanks, Ilmari. That definitely is it. It was a beautiful tree and just laden with fruit. I just loved my visit to Stockholm. Wish I had more time to spend. Didn't get to see half the important places to my genealogy. Didn't even get to see the inside of the church where my grandfather was baptised. It was locked.

[kivinen1 Registered Find all posts View Profile Close kivinen1]

Too bad about the locked church. It is a sign of the times.

I grew up with a large elderberry tree in our woods. The berries and flowers are edible, the wood is dangerous - so it should be avoided.

You can purchase SAFT FLÄDER at IKEA if you have one near you.

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/30117107