Cornus sanguinea L.

Spice Flowers Fruits in the field

Family: CORNACEAE

Genus: Cornus

Catalan common name: Sanguinyol.

Spanish common name: Cornejo.

Province distribution: Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Eurosiberian with a big area

Uses and properties: Furniture, construction and tools. Medicinal.

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Caducifolious. Nanophanerophyte.

Habitats: Fir forest and beech forest. Hedges. Quercus humilis oak wood. Quercus robur oak wood.

Characteristics: Hedges and forest wetlands (especially along riverbanks) and above all in shady places and ravines. A tree, sometimes very small but can reach 5 m in height, with young branches reddish in colour. Leaves are opposite, ovate-elliptic and with 3-5 pairs of arched nerves. The flowers are disposed in corymbform inflorescences. The fruit is a round drupe, turning black with maturation.