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NAME: Kousa Dogwood
SPECIES / FAMILY: Cornus Kousa / Cornaceae
OTHER COMMON NAME(S): Chinese Dogwood, Korean Dogwood
CONDITIONS:
partial shade
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sweet/custard |
RAW/COOK |
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PORTION: small
COMMENT: Fruit - raw or cooked. Sweet and juicy, it is very nice in small quantities. Very seedy. The skin is rather tough and unpleasant, but the pulp is delicious with a vanilla custard-like taste and texture, it is one of our favourite late summer fruits. The fruit is about 2cm in diameter. Young leaves - cooked.(1) Fruit can get dry and mealy.
CAUTION:
NUTRITION/MEDICINAL: Additionally, the fruit may have anti-tumor activity.(2)
LOOK-A-LIKES:
POISONOUS LOOK-A-LIKES:
OTHER USES: Wood - very hard and heavy. Used for mallets etc.(1) The dogwood is known to make stiff skewers and dogwood is from Dag where we also get the word dagger.(2)
SOURCE LINKS (may include nutritional and medicinal info, plus other uses):
- https://pfaf.org/User/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Cornus+kousa
- http://www.eattheweeds.com/cornus-kousa-a-dog-gone-good-dogwood-2
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornus_kousa
- http://eattheplanet.org/kousa-dogwood-fruit
- https://www.tyrantfarms.com/introducing-kousa-dogwood-cornus-kousa-the-edible-dogwood
- http://www.lessnoise-moregreen.com/2013/09/foraging-for-kousa-dogwood-berries-and.html (recipes)
- https://greatescapefarms.com/kousa-dogwood-fruit-recipe (recipes)
- https://thehomesteadsurvival.com/foraging-kousa-dogwood-cherries-and-making-dogwood-jelly-recipe (recipes)
- http://arcadianabe.blogspot.com/2012/09/kousa-dogwood-another-urban-wonder.html (recipes)
- https://harvestandyarn.wordpress.com/2012/04/23/chai-kousa-dogwood-jam (recipes)