ʻO ka homeland dogwood nā'āina hema:ʻo Crimea, Moldova, a me Central Asia. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, he kakaikahi wale nō ka poʻe iʻike no nā mea kupaianaha o ke kula, akā naʻe ma muli o ka koho,ʻaʻole iʻike waleʻia ka dogwood ma ka hema wale nō. ʻO ia, me ka hoʻonuiʻoleʻia, he lāʻau lapaʻau maikaʻi. He nui nā maʻi a me nā maʻi kūikawā e mālamaʻia me nā deco deco a me nā tinctures mai nā wahi o ka puhi.
