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Callicarpa rubella Lindl.
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Callicarpa rubella is a species of beautyberry native to Southeast Asia. It is a shrub that produces pink or purple flowers followed by dark-purple berries. The berries are actually drupes. It is grown in gardens as an ornamental plant. The fruit attracts wildlife such as birds.
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Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam]
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Shrubs ca. 2 m tall. Petiole very short to leaf subsessile; leaf blade lanceolate, oblanceolate, obovate-elliptic, or ovate, (4.5-)8-14(-21) X (1.1-)2-8(-10) cm, base cordate and sometimes oblique, margin serrulate, irregularly serrate, or serrate, apex acuminate to caudate; veins 6-10 pairs, midvein, lateral veins, and reticulate veins elevated on both surfaces. Cymes 2-4 cm across; peduncle ca. (0.6-)1-3 cm; bracts small. Calyx subtruncate to slightly dentate with obtusely triangular teeth. Corolla purple, greenish, or white, ca. 3 mm. Fruit purple, (1-)2 mm in diam. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Jul-Nov.
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100-3500 m.
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