Cornus is a deciduous tree of Cornaceae, with a height of about 6 meters. It will bear fruit in September-1October every year, and its fruit is oblong, red or purplish red in color. cornus is suitable for growing in areas with an altitude of 400- 1500 meters, mainly distributed in Fujian, Guangdong, Sichuan and other places in China.

Part of speech: usually used as a noun in a sentence, as the subject or object.

Example:

1, Results Foping is the authentic producing area of Cornus officinalis, and the environmental factors such as atmosphere, soil and irrigation water all meet the national standards.

2, 99 Chongyang came, SMS sent care; Take a wisp of autumn wind and brush away the sorrow of autumn; Pour a cup of chrysanthemum wine and taste the richness of the festival; Wear a cornus to get rid of the bad luck of life; Send a message to bring the surprise of Chongyang!

3, a hint of autumn rain, a wisp of autumn wind, a bright moon, a miss, a cornus, a chrysanthemum flower, a short message, you will understand, a true blessing in Chongyang.

Identification of medicinal materials:

It is irregular in shape, with a length of 1~ 1.5cm and a width of 0.5~ 1cm. The surface is purple-red to purple-black, shriveled and shiny. Some tips have round persistent calyx marks, and the base has fruit stalk marks. Soft. Slight gas, sour, astringent and slightly bitter.

Specification standard:

Unified goods. Dry goods, the pulp is irregular flake or capsule. The surface is bright red, purple to dark red, shriveled and shiny. The taste is sour, the stone does not exceed 3%, and there is no impurity, no moth, no mildew.

Cornus's habits:

Cornus likes warm, humid and semi-cloudy environment, and is cold-resistant. It is suitable for fertile, moist and loose sandy loam, which does not grow well in dry and barren places. Cornus officinalis has many flowers, low fruit setting rate and obvious age. Although it has a long life, its yield is low and unstable.

The flower buds of Cornus officinalis are mixed buds, which began to differentiate in late May and early June, and the inflorescence basically differentiated in August. Buds bloom in the following spring after overwintering, and the initial flowering period is generally in early March, and the whole flowering period is about 1 month, when the average daily temperature should be higher than 5℃.