'Variegata' features leaves with bluish-green centers and creamy white margins. Common Name: Cornelian Cherry Dogwood Scientific Name: Cornus mas Location: Spalding Circle Size: 1.5 inches at breast height Native to: Europe and western. (Cornus sanguinea), common hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna), European barberry (Berberis vulgaris), etc.12. It is native of temperate zones, from central to southern Europe and eastwards to Asia. Common name refers to the cherry-like fruits which resemble in color the semi-precious gemstone carnelian (or cornelian). Cornus mas L., commonly named as cornelian cherry, is a bushy shrub or small tree producing olive-shaped red fruits which are fleshy and edible. This name was applied to this plant because it was seen as the opposite of Cornus sanguinea, known as the female or wild cornel. The entry of data in the GENIE database has led to some variations from the taxonomic terms used in relevant laws and regulations, in particular because the nomenclatures used are not always universally harmonized. The specific epithet mas means 'masculine' or 'male'. UPOV Principal Botanical Name: Cornus mas L.

Cornus is also the Latin name for cornelian cherry. Genus name comes from the Latin word cornu meaning horn in probable reference to the strength and density of the wood. Fruits may be used for making syrups and preserves. The berries when ripe on the plant bear a resemblance to coffee berries. Cornus mas Taxonomy ID: 4285 (for references in articles please use NCBI:txid4285) current name. Fruits are edible, although sour tasting fresh off the plant. In North America, the plant is known by the common name of Cornelian Cherry. Fruits are ellipsoid, fleshy, one-seeded berries (drupes to 5/8' long) which mature to cherry red in mid-summer. Ovate to elliptic dark green leaves (to 4' long) typically develop insignificant fall color. Each umbel is surrounded at the base by small, yellowish, petaloid bracts which are much less showy than the large decorative bracts found on some other species of dogwood such as Cornus florida (flowering dogwood) and Cornus kousa (kousa dogwood). Yellow flowers on short stalks bloom in early spring before the leaves emerge in dense, showy, rounded clusters (umbels to 3/4' wide). The cornelian cherry also has strong and very dense wood, which is likely where the plants genus name comes from - cornu being Latin for horn.

Scaly, exfoliating bark develops on mature trunks. It typically grows over time to 15-25' tall with a spread to 12-20' wide. Cornus mas, commonly known as cornelian cherry, is a deciduous shrub or small tree that is native to central and southern Europe into western Asia.

Cornus mas common name