Cornaceae
Giant dogwood
Cornus controversa
- Family
- Cornaceae
- Genus
- Cornus
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Common names
By language (15)
- Arabic
- قرانيا محيرة
- arz
- قرانيا محيره
- Chinese
- 灯台树, 燈台樹, 灯台树果, 六角树, 瑞木, 灯台
- Czech
- Svída pochybná
- Danish
- Etage-Kornel
- English
- Giant dogwood, Wedding cake tree
- German
- Pagoden-Hartriegel
- Japanese
- ミズキ
- Korean
- 층층나무
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Pagodekornell
- Persian
- زغالاخته میزی
- Polish
- Dereń pagodowy
- Russian
- Кизил спорный
- Slovenian
- Pisanolistni dren
- Swedish
- Pagodkornell
Synonyms
- Bothrocaryum controversum (Hemsl.) Pojark.
- Cornus brachypoda var. variegata G.Paul
- Cornus controversa f. variegata (G.Paul) Rehder
- Cornus controversa var. alpina Wangerin
- Cornus controversa var. angustifolia Wangerin
- Cornus controversa var. shikokumontana Hiyama
- Cornus controversa var. variegata (G.Paul) Bean
- Cornus macrophylla f. variegata (G.Paul) Schelle
- Cornus macrophylla var. variegata (G.Paul) G.Nicholson
- Cornus obovata Thunb.
- Cornus sanguinea Thunb.
- Swida controversa (Hemsl.) Soják
- Swida controversa var. alpina (Wangerin) H.Hara ex Noshiro
- Swida controversa var. shikokumontana (Hiyama) H.Hara ex Noshiro
Photos
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Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Nmspec, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.