| Family | Cornaceae |
| Scientific name | Cornus controversa Hemsley |
| Synonyms | Bothrocaryum controversum (Hemsley) Pojarkova; Cornus brachypoda Miquel, not C. A. Meyer; Cornus controversa Hemsley var. angustifolia Wangerin; Cornus longipetiolata Hayata; Cornus macrophylla Walter; Cornus obovata Thunberg; Cornus sanguinea Thunberg; Cornus sanguinea Thunberg var. pluricostata K. Koch; Swida controversa (Hemsley ex Prain) Soják |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) mizuki [water tree] |
| (English common name) giant dogwood | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan, India | |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=20 |
| Description | Plants 10-20m tall. Leaves 6-15cm long. Flowers white 7-8mm, flowering in May to June. Deciduous. Arbor trees. |
| Reference | Cornus controversa Hemsl. ex Prain |
| Cornus controversa Hemsley | |
| Hair dyeing by iridoid glycosides and aglycons thereof (US Patent 5078750/1992) | |
| Hair dye and hair-dyeing methods using the same (US Patent 6656229/2003) | |
| Hair dye and hair-dyeing methods using the same (US Patent 6849096/2005) |
| May 2007 at lowland forest |
May 2007 at Ibaraki Prefecture Botanical Garden |
May 2007 at lowland forest |
| May 2007 at lowland forest |
May 2007 at Ibaraki Prefecture Botanical Garden |
May 2007 at Ibaraki Prefecture Botanical Garden |