Cornaceae
Cornelian cherry
Cornus mas
- Family
- Cornaceae
- Genus
- Cornus
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Common names
By language (64)
- ab
- Абгыӡыр
- Albanian
- Thana
- Arabic
- قرانيا أوروبية, حب الشؤم, حب الشوم, قرانيا, قرن
- Armenian
- Ճապկի արական
- arz
- قرانيا اوروبيه
- azb
- قیزیلجیک
- Azerbaijani
- Adi zoğal
- bar
- Diandling, Dirndling, Gäiwn Hartriegl, Koanelkiaschn
- Basque
- Zuhandor ar
- Belarusian
- Кізіл звычайны
- Bosnian
- Drijen
- Bulgarian
- Обикновен дрян
- Cantonese
- 茱萸
- Catalan
- Corneller mascle, Cornouiller mâle
- ce
- Стов
- Chinese
- 大果山茱萸, 欧洲山茱萸, 茱萸
- Croatian
- Drijenak, Drenjine, Drijen
- Czech
- Dřín obecný, Dřín jarní
- Danish
- Kirsebær-Kornel, Kirsebærkornel, Kornelkirsebær
- Dutch
- Gele kornoelje
- English
- Cornelian cherry, Cornelian cherry dogwood, Cornelian-cherry, Dogwood, European cornel
- Esperanto
- Karneca kornuso
- Estonian
- Kirss-kontpuu
- Finnish
- Punamarjakanukka
- French
- Cornouiller mâle, Cornouille, Cornouiller sauvage, Cornouiller male
- Georgian
- Ჩვეულებრივი შინდი, Შვინდი
- German
- Kornelkirsche, Dirndlstrauch, Dürlitze, Gelber Hartriegel, Herlitze, Hirlnuss, Kornellkirsche, Tierlibaum
- grc
- Κράνον
- Greek
- Κράνα, Κρανειά, Κρανιά
- gv
- Billey cornel
- Hebrew
- קרנית נאכלת
- hsb
- Zažny drěn
- Hungarian
- Húsos som
- Irish
- Coirnéilean
- Italian
- Corniolo
- Japanese
- セイヨウサンシュユ
- Korean
- 서양산수유
- Latvian
- Eiropas kizils, Kizils, Parastais kizils
- lbe
- Жунав
- Lithuanian
- Geltonžiedė sedula, Geltonoji sedula, Cornouiller mâle
- lmo
- Cornàl
- Macedonian
- Дрен, Обичен дрен
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Vårkornell
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Vårkornell
- os
- Хуымæтæджы цым
- pcd
- Cornilho
- Persian
- زغالاخته, زغال اخته
- Polish
- Dereń jadalny, Dereń Właściwy
- Portuguese
- Corniso, Cornizo, Cornelian cereja
- Romanian
- Corn
- Russian
- Кизил обыкновенный, Дёрен мужской, Кизил мужской, Дёрен
- Serbian
- Дрен, Dren, Дрењина, Дрењине, Drain
- Serbian (Latin)
- Drijen, Dren, Drijenak
- Slovak
- Drieň obyčajný
- Slovenian
- Rumeni dren
- Spanish
- Cornejo macho, Corno europeo
- Swedish
- Körsbärskornell, Cornouiller mâle
- Turkish
- Ergen, Ergençiçeği, Kiren, Kızılcık
- Ukrainian
- Дерен справжній, Кизил, Кизил справжній, Кизиль
- vec
- Cornołaro, Cornolaro, Cornolèr
- vep
- Järgeline kizil, Kizil
- vro
- Kirss-kuntpuu
- Welsh
- Cwyrosyn y ceirios
- wuu
- 大果山茱萸
Synonyms
- Cornus erythrocarpa St.-Lag.
- Cornus flava Steud.
- Cornus homerica Bubani
- Cornus mas f. alba (Weston) Rehder
- Cornus mas f. albocarpa C.K.Schneid.
- Cornus mas f. andrzejowskii Wierdak
- Cornus mas f. aurea C.K.Schneid.
- Cornus mas f. aurea-elegantissima (T.Moore) Schelle
- Cornus mas f. conica Jovan.
- Cornus mas f. elegantissima G.Nicholson
- Cornus mas f. flava (Weston) Rehder
- Cornus mas f. luteocarpa C.K.Schneid. ex Wangerin
- Cornus mas f. macrocarpa Dippel
- Cornus mas f. macrocarpa Sanadze
- Cornus mas f. microcarpa Sanadze
- Cornus mas f. nana (Carrière) C.K.Schneid.
- Cornus mas f. oxycarpa Jovan.
- Cornus mas f. polonica Wierdak
- Cornus mas f. pyriformis Sanadze
- Cornus mas f. variegata (Loudon) G.Nicholson
- Cornus mas var. alba Weston
- Cornus mas var. albocarpa (C.K.Schneid.) Bean
- Cornus mas var. aurea-elegantissima (T.Moore) Carrière
- Cornus mas var. flava Weston
- Cornus mas var. nana Carrière
- Cornus mas var. oblongifolia Jovan.
- Cornus mas var. sphaerocarpa Cretz.
- Cornus mas var. variegata Loudon
- Cornus mas var. xanthocarpa Bean
- Cornus mascula L.
- Cornus mascula var. aurea-elegantissima T.Moore
- Cornus nudiflora Dumort.
- Cornus praecox Stokes
- Cornus vernalis Salisb.
- Eukrania mascula Raf.
- Eukrania mascula (L.) Merr.
- Macrocarpium mas (L.) Nakai
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Plant Image Library from Boston, USA, 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.