While Cornus mas flowers are not as large and vibrant as those of the Forsythia, the entire plant can be used for a similar effect in the landscape. The species is also grown as an ornamental plant for its late winter yellow flowers, which open earlier than those of Forsythia.
officinalis) has a long history of use in traditional Chinese medicine in which it is known as shānzhūyú, 山茱萸 and used to retain the jing. The fruit of Cornus mas (together with the fruit of C. It is eaten in Eastern Europe in many ways including as a traditional medicine. In Turkey and Iran, it is eaten with salt as a snack in summer, and traditionally drunk in a cold drink called kızılcık şerbeti.Ĭultivars selected for fruit production in Ukraine have fruit up to four centimetres long. In Serbia, Montenegro, Albania and Bosnia, it is distilled into rakia. In Azerbaijan and Armenia, the fruit is used for distilling vodka, in Austria and the German Alps, for distilling Dirndlbrand. It has an acidic flavor which is best described as a mixture of cranberry and sour cherry it is mainly used for making jam, makes an excellent sauce similar to cranberry sauce when pitted, and then boiled with sugar and orange, but also can be eaten dried.
When ripe, the fruit is dark ruby red or a bright yellow. The fruit is edible, as used in Eastern Europe, the UK, and British Columbia, Canada, but the unripe fruit is astringent.
When ripe on the plant, they bear a resemblance to coffee berries, and ripen in mid- to late summer.
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