Cornelian cherry

Cornus mas

fruit

Small, elongated, very tart red berries of the Cornelian cherry, a shrub of southern Europe and Asia; as jam, syrup or liqueur, once fully ripe. They provide vitamin C, anthocyanins and pectins.

Origin

Europe and Asia Minor

Season (United States)

August to October

Preparation

It is eaten fully ripe, dark red, when it falls from the tree on its own; the elongated stone is left.

Molecules

Pectins · Anthocyanins · Vitamin C

Did you know?

Its name comes from the Latin cornu, “horn”, for its horn-hard wood; and mas, “male”, because weapons were made from it: spears, javelins, bows.