Cornaceae
Kousa dogwood
Cornus kousa
- Family
- Cornaceae
- Genus
- Cornus
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Common names
By language (17)
- Arabic
- قرانيا صينية
- arz
- كورنوس كوسا
- Chinese
- 日本四照花, 野荔枝, 日本狗木
- Croatian
- Japanski drijen
- Czech
- Dřín japonský, Svída japonská
- Danish
- Korea-Kornel, Koreakornel
- Dutch
- Kousa Dogwood
- English
- Kousa dogwood, Chinese dogwood, Japanese dogwood, Korean dogwood, Kousa
- French
- Cornouiller du Japon
- German
- Asiatischer Blüten-Hartriegel
- Japanese
- ヤマボウシ, やまぼうし, 山帽子, 山法師
- Korean
- 산딸나무
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Koreakornell
- Polish
- Dereń Kousa
- Slovenian
- Japonski dren, Japonski cvetni dren
- Telugu
- కౌసా డాగ్వుడ్
- Ukrainian
- Дерен коуса
Synonyms
- Benthamia japonica Siebold & Zucc.
- Benthamia kousa (Bürger ex Hance) Nakai
- Benthamidia japonica (Siebold & Zucc.) H.Hara
- Cynoxylon japonicum (Siebold & Zucc.) Nakai
- Cynoxylon kousa (Bürger ex Hance) Nakai
- Dendrobenthamia japonica (Siebold & Zucc.) Hutch.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mohamed Rezk, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lukfunk, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 松岡明芳, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Giftzwerg 88, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Giftzwerg 88, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Giftzwerg 88, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Giftzwerg 88, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Giftzwerg 88, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mbenigno22, CC0, 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.