plant description General - height 6-10 m, spread 3-6 m, a large deciduous shrub with corky, grey-brown bark. Foliage has an unpleasant smell when crushed. Leaves - pinnate, divided into 5 ovate toothed leaflets Flowers - tiny, aromatic, creamy-white, flat-topped clusters Fruit - globose black berries parts used leaves, bark, flowers, fruit harvest Leaves are picked in summer and used fresh. Bark is stripped in late winter and dried. Fully open flower heads are collected and dried.

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