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Scientific name

Cornus officinalis Siebold & Zucc.

Family

Cornaceae

Japanese

サンシュユ

English

Korean cornelian dogwood

General information

flowering period

Monthly blossoming season, distribution

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12

Leaves

Opposite. Petiole minutely pilose. Blade ovate to narrowly elliptic, apex long acuminate, base broadly cuneate or rounded, adaxial surface green, loosely pilose, abaxial vein axils brownish tomentose, lateral veins 4∼7 pairs

Inflorescences

Terminal, umbel composed of 20∼30 flowers. Involucral bracts 4, yellowish green, elliptical, acute at apex, early deciduous

Habit

Mountain valley, foot of mountains, field and rice field dike etc.

Distribution

China, Japan , Korea (Cultivated in the center and south)

Life cycle

Deciduous broadleaf subtree

Flowering

Mar-Apr

Seed production and maturing

August

Height

7m

Flower color

Yellow

Fruit

Berry, ellipsoid, red, glossy

Seed

oblong

Use

Planting for ornamental. Fruits used for medicine(dizziness, tinnitus, wet dream etc.)

Bark

light brownish, exfoliated

Branches

Branchlets glabrate, terete, glaucous, exfoliated

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Specimen Information More Specimen Information

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  [AJHA200103161001]

  1994-05-19 / / 아주대 생물학과

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  [AJHA200103161002]

  1993-04-14 / / 아주대 생물학과

Related species

• Related species data is not available.