Brown-purple flowers are insignificant and have four petals, four sepals, and white anthers. Female flowers bloom in the leaf axils, and male flowers are longer and grow in terminal panicles.
Dioecious:
Yes
Foliage Characteristics:
Simple, opposite, long, glossy, green leaves are slightly serrated.
Fruit Characteristics:
Female plants have a red drupe with 1 seed. Fruits are .5" (1.3 cm) across. Fruits rippen in fall and remain through the next spring.
Plant Size:
6-10' tall x 5-9' wide (1.8-3 x 1.5-2.7 meters)
Structure:
Erect, rounded
Range:
China (S Zhejiang), Central and S Japan, S Korea, Taiwan
Habitat:
Dense forest valleys, thickets, streamsides
Description:
This evergreen shrub is able to thrive in dry, shady conditions. Once established, it can even manage with little additional watering in the summer. Unlike many varieties and cultivars of this shrub, it does not have speckled or variegated leaves, but solid green leaves which are long and only slightly serrated.
