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  Name Korean Dogwood
  Regnum Plant ae
  Divisio Magnoliophyta
  Classis Magnoliopsida
  Ordo Cornales
  Familia Cornaceae
  Genus '' Cornus ''
  Subgenus ''Swida''
  Species '''''C coreana'''''
  Binomial ''Cornus coreana''
  Binomial Authority Wangerin


The Korean Dogwood (''Cornus coreana'' or ''Swida coreana'') is a Deciduous Shrub or small Tree 8-16 m tall, native to eastern Asia in Korea and adjacent northeastern China . It has opposite, simple Leaves , 5-12 cm long.

The Flower s are produced in inflorescences 6-8 cm diameter, each flower individually small and whitish. The flowering is in spring, after it leafs out. The Fruit is a small black Berry 6-7 mm diameter.

It is closely related to the Chinese Walter's Dogwood (''C. walteri'') and the Europe an Common Dogwood (''C. sanguinea'').