Dirca palustris shine sunan kimiyya don wani shrub wanda aka fi sani da "Leatherwood" ko "Moosewood". Ya fito ne daga gabashin Amurka ta Arewa kuma yana tsiro a cikin jika, wuraren damina. Sunan "Dirca" ya fito ne daga kalmar Helenanci "dierkomai," ma'ana "yagaya," dangane da taurin shuka, haushi mai fibrous. "Palustris" kalmar Latin ce ma'ana "na marshes" ko "swampy." Don haka, ma'anar ƙamus na "Dirca palustris" wani nau'i ne na shrub da ke tsiro a wuraren daskararru kuma yana da tauri, haushi mai zazzaɓi.