Perennials > Callicarpa > Callicarpa formosana > Callicarpa formosana
Callicarpa formosana
Beautyberry
Origin: China, Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan.
| Family |
| Verbenaceae |
| Genus |
| Callicarpa |
| Species |
| formosana |
| Category |
| Perennials |
| Type |
| Shrub (deciduous) |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 9 |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| 8 |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H4 - H7 |
| Height |
| 3 m |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| Landscape |
| Generals use in parks and gardens, massing in borders. |
| Growth |
| Fast |
| Habitat |
| Forest margins and grassland. |
| Leaf Description |
| Leaves are ovate to elliptical (oval) or oblong-lanceolate (intermediate between elongated with parallel sides to lance-shaped). |
| Flower Description |
| Small, purple flowers, 2.5 mm, are arranged in an cyme 3-4 cm wide. |
| Fruit Description |
| Purple, berry-like fruits , 2 mm wide, are actually drupes (fleshy fruits that contain hard pits with seeds inside). |
| Notable Specimens |
| Bok Tower Gardens, Lake Wales, Florida, United States of America. |
| Propagation |
| By cuttings and seed. |
| Ethnobotanical Uses (Disclaimer) |
| The roots are used as an antidote for poisonous fish, crabs and toadstools, as a remedy for gonorrhoea, and as an emmenagogue. |
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