Hairy Woody-elderberry: Sambucus sieboldiana or S. buergeriana.
This elderberry has new shoots, rachis, pedicels, petioles, and a leaf surface covered by long hair. It is a deciduous shrub or small tree 4-5m high. Small pinnate leaves have two or three pairs, small leaves’ main vein and lateral surface contains obvious yellowish-white hair. There is yellow hair on the petiole, rachis and young shoots surface. Fruit is orange-red with two or three seeds. The flowering period is from mid-May to early-June and fruit mature time is July to August.
Geographic Distributions: Inner-Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning as well as Korea and Japan. The plants are most commonly found on valley slopes, forest margins and desert areas at about 540-1600m above sea level. Medical uses: This species can be used for landscaping trees and various medicinal properties, similar to the Wood Elderberry. New leaves could be consumable and the crushed mixture of shoots and leaves could help in curing injuries of muscles and bones.