o:10074 Traditional medicinal use of Cornus mas in the Pirot District (Serbia) en 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. Key words: ethnobotany, Cornus mas, Pirot District 1552099 10.46793/EtnBot26.033M 1552101 2812-751X 1552102 https://doi.org/10.46793/EtnBot26.033M 2026-07-27T06:42:52.330Z 44 yes 46 Marija Marković 0000-0002-6070-6844 46 Dejan Pljevljakušić 0000-0003-2362-8290 46 Biljana Nikolić 0000-0002-2436-8294 46 Ljubinko Rakonjac 0000-0002-8736-6771 46 Bojan Zlatković 0000-0002-9102-4192 46 Branko Jotić 0009-0009-81706745 46 Vesna Stankov Jovanović 0000-0001-7885-0476), application/pdf 482840 https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:10074 no yes 16 70 92000001 71A07 Етноботаника Ethnobotany 6 33 53 Истраживачко друштво "Бабин нос", Темска, Пирот, Институт за шумарство, Београд, Штампарија "Свен", Ниш 2026