Callicarpa japonica
Japanese Beautyberry
Verbenaceae

Located at front entrance of the Family Studies Bldg.

  • leaves opposite, simple, ovate to elliptic
  • leaves medium green, acuminate, with serrated margins
  • buds naked, superposed, brown
  • stems slender, brown, smooth
  • flowers small, pink, in axillary cymes, in summer
  • fruit distinctive, metallic purple berries, in axillary clusters
  • fruit often persist into late fall
  • habit is medium to large, multi-stemmed shrub
  • habit is upright, vase-shaped, suckering


View Callicarpa japonica page in the UConn Plant Database

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