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Formosan Beautyberry

Callicarpa formosana

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Callicarpa pedunculata, commonly known as beautyberry or velvet-leaf, is a species of plant in the mint and sage family Lamiaceae. It is native to tropical areas from northeast India and southeast China, through the Philippines and New Guinea to eastern Australia. It was first described by Scottish botanist Robert Brown in 1810.

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United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided