Latin name:	Cornus canadensis L.
Botanical family:	Cornaceae
Growth habit:	Shrub
Vernacular name(s):	bunch berry, dogwood, dwarf cornel, pigeonberry (Eng.) cornouiller du Canada, quatre-temps, rougets (Fr.) ode'imînîdji'bîk (Ojibwa) patkéna'houk (Abenaki) saguminan (Atikamekw) shâshâkuminânakashî (Montagnais) nekutsahemen (Innu)
Uses:	• Medicinal plant [Innu: 72]. Used to heal sores and cancers [Mi'kmaq: 61]. Steeped and used for paralysis [Algonquians: 63]. Boiled with Gaultheria procumbens and used for cold or mixed with Taxus canadensis twigs and used against menstrual disorders [Atikamekw: 73]. Decoction used for "stich in the side" [Abenaki: 67]. Steeped and the liquid drunk in kidney problems [Mi'kmaq: 62]. • Whole plant : Boiled and liquid drunk for rheumatism and other types of pain [Montagnais 71]. • Leaves : Used to prepare cathartic tea [Algonquin 69]. • Roots, leaves and fruits : Steeped and given against fits [Malecite 65]. • Roots : Tea used to cure colics [Ojibwa 87].