Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles
Recommended citation 'Callicarpa' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/callicarpa/). Accessed 2024-04-24.
A genus of about forty species of shrubs or small trees found wild in N. and Central America, E. Asia, Australia, and Malaya. The name is given in reference to the beauty of the fruits, for which the following species are mainly cultivated. Leaves opposite.