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Callicarpa macrophylla Vahl
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300-1500 m
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Callicarpa dunniana H. Léveillé; C. incana Roxburgh; C. macrophylla var. kouytchensis H. Léveillé.
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Mixed forests; 100-2000 m.
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Callicarpa macrophylla is a species of beautyberry native to the Indian subcontinent. Its fruits are small white berries that actually are drupes.
Uses[edit]
The fruit is edible and can be eaten raw when it ripens. The seeds are poisonous.[citation needed] The leaves can also be used to make a herbal drink or as decorations.
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Callicarpa nudiflora Hook. & Arn. (Callicarpa reevesii Wall. ex Schau.) (with peduncles lax, 3.5-6 cm long) and Callicarpa longifolia Lam. (with leaves sparsely pubescent on both surfaces and shorter cymes), very similar to this species, have been reported to be cultivated at Peshawer and Lahore by Parker (l.c. 393) and R.R. Stewart (l.c. 605) respectively.
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Indian material differs from Chinese collections in having glabrous ovaries.
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Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam]
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Distribution: Sub-Himalayan tracts of Pakistan, India and Bangla Desh.
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