Asiatic dogwood; Japanese cornel; Japanese cornelian-cherry
Refers to the plant Cornus officinalis, a deciduous tree native to East Asia, known for its yellow flowers and red fruit used in traditional medicine.
The fruit of the Asiatic dogwood is used in traditional Chinese medicine.
I planted a Japanese cornel in the garden.
Kanji form is rare and mainly used in botanical contexts; learners will almost always encounter the kana forms.
The Japanese name サンシュユ comes from the Chinese name 山茱萸 (shān zhū yú). The kanji 山茱萸 are direct borrowings from Chinese, but the word is now usually written in katakana.