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New York: McGraw-Hill, 2006. Dogwood fruit, or Asiatic cornelian cherry fruit, is from the Japanese dogwood scientifically named Cornus kousa. Hardy in USDA zones 5 through 9, Stellar Pink is a sterile tree that doesn't bear flowers and cannot produce fruits. The Dogwood Tree is a majestic ornamental, well adapted to life in the United States. Cutting boards and other fine turnings can be made from this fine grained and beautiful wood. The fruit is not poisonous, but is almost inedible raw. The Columbia Encyclopedia.

In our area, Kousa dogwoods produce bracts (modified leaves that look like flowers) in May. New York: Columbia University Press, 2008. They do not like wet or waterlogged soil.If you live in hot dry area or are experiencing a drought, you’ll want to irrigate your young Kousa dogwoods – about 1″ of water per week until they’re To promote optimal soil moisture levels and soil fertility for your Kousa dogwoods, top-dress around the trees with 3-6″ of wood chips/mulch once or twice per year. Kousa dogwoods are considered small to medium sized trees. Once the name dogwood was affixed to this kind of tree, it soon acquired a secondary name as the Hound's Tree, while the fruits came to be known as "dogberries" or "houndberries" (the latter a name also for the berries of Dogwoods are widely planted horticulturally, and the dense wood of the larger-stemmed species is valued for certain specialized purposes. Dogwoods are native to North America and are also native to Asia and Europe. Until then, we’ll just keep eating the raw fruit. Credo Reference. Credo Reference.

However, we’ve seen virtually zero recipes for Kousa dogwoods.There’s a reason for that: it’s exceedingly difficult to separate the fruit’s pulp from the gritty/mealy skin or the seeds.This unsuccessful attempt to strain cooked Kousa dogwood pulp through cheesecloth was closely followed by an unsuccessful attempt to strain it through a metal strainer.

In our experience, there is variability in taste between trees and varietals – some fruit we’ve had is deep orange in color with richer flavor, and others are yellow-fleshed and lighter in flavor. The existing research simply points to the potential of the plant as medicine.Kousa fruit is popular in Asia for eating fresh or made into wine, and is generally recognized as safe to eat freely. George Washington planted them at Mount Vernon and Thomas Jefferson at Monticello. The outer skin on the berry somewhat resembles lychee fruit.Even though the leaves and bark are very similar, distinguishing this tree from flowering dogwood is easy. Other names for the tree include Japanese cornelian cherry, Korean dogwood, Chinese dogwood, strawberry dog wood tree, and kousa dogwood. The full sun trees produce more fruit, but the fruits are smaller, possibly due to the soil drying out more. © 2018 MedicinalHerbals.net Kousa Dogwood Fruit (Cornus kousa): Does it really have Health Benefits? What appear to be four petaled white flowers are actually bracts spread open below the cluster of inconspicuous yellow-green flowers. After being diagnosed with an auto-immune disease Darcy decided to become self-educated and informed about the natural medicines the earth provides us with. A look inside Kousa dogwood fruit. Kousa fruit is popular in Asia for eating fresh or made into wine, and is generally recognized as safe to eat freely.