Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cornus mas L. [Cornaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cornelian cherry	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
dren	Other	Native Med. Pl. of Mt. Rtanj (Zlatković et al., 2014)
european cornel	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kızılcık	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
zoghal akhteh	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
zoqāl	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
zoqāl-akhteh	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
زغال اخته	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
زقال	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Flos, fructus		Native Med. Pl. of Mt. Rtanj (Zlatković et al., 2014)
Fruit		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
fruit		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 36 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cornus erythrocarpa St.-Lag. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 31(Rev. Bibliogr.): 201 (1883).
Cornus flava Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 227 (1821), not validly publ.
Cornus homerica Bubani Fl. Pyren. 2: 337 (1899).
Cornus mas var. alba Weston Bot. Univ. 1: 73 (1770).
Cornus mas f. alba (Weston) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 500 (1949).
Cornus mas var. albocarpa (C.K.Schneid.) Bean Trees & Shrubs Brit. Isles 1: 391 (1914).
Cornus mas f. albocarpa C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 451 (1909).
Cornus mas f. andrzejowskii Wierdak Roczn. Polsk. Towarz. Dendrol. 2: 15 (1928).
Cornus mas f. aurea C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 451 (1909).
Cornus mas var. aurea-elegantissima (T.Moore) Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 50: 420 (1878).
Cornus mas f. aurea-elegantissima (T.Moore) Schelle in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 368 (1903).
Cornus mas f. conica Jovan. Fl. SR Srbije 5: 612 (1973).
Cornus mas f. elegantissima G.Nicholson Ill. Dict. Gard. 1: 379 (1884).
Cornus mas f. flava (Weston) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 500 (1949).
Cornus mas var. flava Weston Bot. Univ. 1: 73 (1770).
Cornus mas f. luteocarpa C.K.Schneid. ex Wangerin in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 229: 79 (1910).
Cornus mas f. macrocarpa Sanadze Trudy Tbilissk. Gosud. Univ. Stalina 29a: 36 (1946 publ. 1947), nom. illeg.
Cornus mas f. macrocarpa Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 245 (1893).
Cornus mas f. microcarpa Sanadze Trudy Tbilissk. Gosud. Univ. Stalina 29a: 37 (1946 publ. 1947).
Cornus mas var. nana Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 51: 300 (1879).
Cornus mas f. nana (Carrière) C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 451 (1909).
Cornus mas var. oblongifolia Jovan. Fl. SR Srbije 5: 612 (1973).
Cornus mas f. oxycarpa Jovan. Fl. SR Srbije 5: 612 (1973).
Cornus mas f. polonica Wierdak Roczn. Polsk. Towarz. Dendrol. 2: 15 (1928).
Cornus mas var. pyriformis Sanadze Trudy Tbilissk. Gosud. Univ. Stalina 29a: 37 (1946 publ. 1947).
Cornus mas var. sphaerocarpa Cretz. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 36: 384 (1934).
Cornus mas var. variegata Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 2: 1015 (1838).
Cornus mas f. variegata (Loudon) G.Nicholson Ill. Dict. Gard. 1: 379 (1884).
Cornus mas var. xanthocarpa Bean Trees & Shrubs Brit. Isles 1: 391 (1914).
Cornus mascula L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 897 (1759).
Cornus mascula var. aurea-elegantissima T.Moore Florist & Pomol. 1877: 109 (1877).
Cornus nudiflora Dumort. Fl. Belg.: 83 (1827).
Cornus praecox Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 222 (1812).
Cornus vernalis Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 66 (1796).
Eukrania mascula (L.) Merr. Index Raf.: 184 (1949).
Macrocarpium mas (L.) Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 23: 38 (1909).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cornus mas	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Cornus mas L.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Native Med. Pl. of Mt. Rtanj (Zlatković et al., 2014) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Cornus mas Linnaeus	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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