Cornus chinensis
Chinese Dogwood
 
 

 
 
Sulfur yellow and more numerous than C. mas.
 
Large leaves up to 12 inches long.
 
 
Trunk is smooth and palm-like.
 

 
 

 
Similar to C. officinalis which does not have the whitish pubescence on the underside of the leaves. Differs from C. officinalis and C. mas in that it has black fruit.

Introduced by plant explorer, Frank Kingdon Ward.

 
 
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