Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
asiatic cornel	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
asiatic cornelian cherry	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
asiatic cornelian cherry fruit	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
asiatic dogwood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
corni fructus	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
corni sarcocarpium	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
cornouiller officinal	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cornus	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
cornus fruit	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
dogwood	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
fructus corni	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
haru-koganebana	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
japanese cornel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
japanese cornelian-cherry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
japanische kornelkirsche	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sanshuyu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sansuyunamu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
shan jhu yu	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
shan zhu yu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
shanzhuyu	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
shānzhūyú	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
yurou	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
サンシュユ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
山茱萸	Other	Consv. of Endangered Med. Pl. in Arid Desert Region (Lang et al., 2017) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
萸肉	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
sarcocarp	dried ripe sarcocarp	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
fruit	ripe fruit	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Fruit		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Fruit, Whole plant		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
ripe sarcocarp	dried ripe sarcocarp	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
pulp of the pseudocarp		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
fruit without seed		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
leaf		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Fruit		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
sarcocarp	dried ripe sarcocarp	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
fruit	sarcocarp of the pseudocarp	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
fruit		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
fruit	pulp	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
fruit	ripe fruit	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Macrocarpium officinale (Siebold & Zucc.) Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 23: 38 (1909).
Cornus mascula var. japonica Siebold ex Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 160 (1865).
Cornus officinalis var. koreana Kitam. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 25: 39 (1972).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cornus officinalis	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Cornus officinalis Sieb. & Zucc.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cornus officinalis Sieb. & Zucc..	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Cornus officinalis Sieb. et Zucc.	Consv. of Endangered Med. Pl. in Arid Desert Region (Lang et al., 2017) GAP Prod. of TCM Herbs in China (Zhang et al., 2010) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Cornus officinalis Sieb.et Zucc.	TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
Cornus officinalis Siebold & Zucc.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Cornus officinalis Siebold & Zuccarini	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
Cornus officinalis Siebold et Zuccarini	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Cornusofficinalis Sieb. et Zucc.,	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Macrocarpium officinale (Sieb. & Zucc.) Nakai	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Macrocarpium officinale (Sieb. et Zucc.) Nak.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986)

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