eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode Key words: ethnobotany, Cornus mas, Pirot District Marković, Marija Pljevljakušić, Dejan Nikolić, Biljana Rakonjac, Ljubinko Zlatković, Bojan Jotić, Branko Stankov Jovanović, Vesna https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:10074 doi:10.46793/EtnBot26.033M ISSN: 2812-751X Етноботаника Ethnobotany volume: 6 startpage: 33 endpage: 53 info:eu-repo/semantics/article application/pdf 482840 bytes Abstract: Traditional knowledge about the medicinal uses of cornelian cherry – Cornus mas L. (Cornaceae) in the Pirot District in southeastern Serbia are discussed in this paper. A total of 631 informants were surveyed on the knowledge and medicinal use of plants in the four municipalities of the Pirot District: Pirot, Babušnica, Bela Palanka, and Dimitrovgrad. Based on 33 surveys among the rural population in Pirot District, 21 reports were mentioned by 20 informants about the uses of C. mas fruits: for the treatment of anemia (4 reports), for the heart (2 reports), against high blood pressure (3 reports), diarrhea (4 reports), diabetes (2 reports), for improvement of immunity (2 reports), against cold (3 reports), and as hot drink (1 report). The preparation form of decoction was always practiced. The uses of C. mas fruits for the heart, in the treatment of high blood pressure and cold in the form of decoction were not reported in previously conducted ethnobotanical studies in neighboring areas in Serbia and the Balkans, so these uses can be considered the novel findings of this research. The data, presented in this paper, can be a basis for further pharmacological research. Traditional medicinal use of Cornus mas in the Pirot District (Serbia) Истраживачко друштво "Бабин нос", Темска, Пирот, Институт за шумарство, Београд, Штампарија "Свен", Ниш 2026