Chinese dogwood
కౌసా డాగ్వుడ్
Cornus kousa Bürger ex Hance
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- —
- tall
- 7.6 m
- wide
- 6.9 m
Cornaceae
Also called Kousa dogwood
Formerly Benthamia japonica, Benthamia kousa, Benthamidia japonica, Cynoxylon japonicum, and 2 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Sikkim, China to Temp. E. AsiaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 6.1 m to 9.1 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 4.6 m to 9.1 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, yellowRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -28.9 °C (USDA zone 5a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: water, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (4)
- Chinese
- 日本四照花, 野荔枝
- Czech
- svída japonská
- Slovenian
- japonski dren
- Telugu
- కౌసా డాగ్వుడ్
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3D model: Cornus kousa (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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