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Red Beautyberry
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Red Beautyberry

Callicarpa rubella

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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From the article Callicarpa rubella on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section

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At the table

The roots of the plant have been used in Indian folk medicine to treat tumors in the large intestine.

Wikipedia: “Uses”

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 407652.