{"id":16493,"date":"2025-12-01T09:09:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T09:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portal.greekfarms.gov.gr\/?p=16493"},"modified":"2026-01-07T11:28:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T11:28:03","slug":"sambucus-or-koufoksylia-elderberry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/portal.greekfarms.gov.gr\/en\/sambucus-or-koufoksylia-elderberry\/","title":{"rendered":"Sambucus or koufoksylia (elderberry)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Soultana-Maria Valamoti, Professor, School of History and Archaeology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The small, dark fruit of the elderberry tree is used to make marmalades, while cultures from the Balkans right up to Scandinavia use its blossoms as an ingredient in a fragrant syrup. The Greek term koufoksylia, meaning hollow wood, is indicative of folk beliefs held throughout Europe, according to which spirits dwell within its hollowed branches. Archaeobotanical remains of the fruit dating to the Neolithic period have been uncovered in Greece, though these are usually few and relatively rare. Nevertheless, a large quantity of elderberry seeds has been uncovered at the neolithic site of Kleito, in Kozani prefecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/portal.greekfarms.gov.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/488_P1260410-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16481 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portal.greekfarms.gov.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/488_P1260410-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/portal.greekfarms.gov.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/488_P1260410-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/portal.greekfarms.gov.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/488_P1260410-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/portal.greekfarms.gov.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/488_P1260410-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/portal.greekfarms.gov.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/488_P1260410-2048x1151.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/portal.greekfarms.gov.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/488_P1260410-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Image 1. Elderberry tree in bloom, mountains of Central Macedonia, May 2022. Photograph by S.M. Valamoti<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>There are relatively few references to the plant in ancient Greek literature, found almost exclusively in medical texts. Theophrastus (4<sup>th<\/sup>-3<sup>rd<\/sup> c B.C.) provides some information on the plant\u2019s botanological attributes. The ancient Greek term for elderberry is <em>akti<\/em> (and <em>aktea<\/em>), while a later, anonymous medical text that only survives in fragments preserves the word <em>koufoksylaia<\/em> as a modifier for the term <em>akti<\/em>. References to the plant in ancient Greek literature are usually accompanied by the medicinal qualities of its various parts and pharmaceutical formulas for specific ailments. The Hippocratic corpus (5<sup>th<\/sup>-4<sup>th<\/sup> c. B.C.) contains several references to elderberry as an ingredient in remedies. For example, in <em>On diseases<\/em>, if one is suffering from persistent headache, phlegm, and fever, three different remedies are suggested, the third and most potent of which is juice of elderberry leaf. In <em>On diet<\/em>, elderberry juice (though it remains unspecified from which part) is considered a powerful, effective laxative. Dioscorides (1<sup>st<\/sup> c. A.D.) makes the distinction in his <em>De materia medica<\/em> between elderberry (<em>akti<\/em>) and chamosampouko (<em>chamaiakti<\/em>), providing detailed descriptions of the two plants and listing the medicinal properties and uses of both, which he considers to be largely similar. Dioscorides states that the tree\u2019s fruit are detrimental for the gut (<em>kakostomachoi<\/em>), while its leaves and young shoots are believed to aid in cleansing the gallbladder and phlegm when boiled and its roots, if boiled in wine, are used to treat viper bites. Among its various medicinal qualities, Dioscorides notes that bathing in water in which elderberry root has been boiled aids in uterine ailments, as does the consumption of elderberries with wine. Finally, he describes a poultice made of ground barley and young elderberry shoots, which is applied to burns and dog bites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Image 2. Elderberry marmalade, purchased in Thessaloniki, September 2025, product of Pelion, Magnesia. Photograph by S.M. Valamoti<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/portal.greekfarms.gov.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/488_20250914_183552-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16473 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portal.greekfarms.gov.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/488_20250914_183552-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/portal.greekfarms.gov.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/488_20250914_183552-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/portal.greekfarms.gov.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/488_20250914_183552-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/portal.greekfarms.gov.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/488_20250914_183552-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/portal.greekfarms.gov.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/488_20250914_183552-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Indigenous to Greece, elderberry continues to see limited culinary use in the modern day. Elderberry marmalades are available, their striking, deep red colour on full display, in small local shops. Due to how arduous and time-consuming harvesting the fruit is, production tends to be limited in scale. Marmalades made with this rare delicacy of the Greek countryside, which has been enjoyed since pre-historic times, may be purchased from agricultural cooperatives or small shops that stock local products, such as in Pelion, or in Kalampaka, Thessaly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/portal.greekfarms.gov.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/488_20250914_185453-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16483 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portal.greekfarms.gov.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/488_20250914_185453-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/portal.greekfarms.gov.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/488_20250914_185453-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/portal.greekfarms.gov.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/488_20250914_185453-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/portal.greekfarms.gov.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/488_20250914_185453-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/portal.greekfarms.gov.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/488_20250914_185453-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Image 3. 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