#1873 most planted
Callicarpa dichotoma
Purple beautyberry · also Early amethyst
15
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
2
cities
15 yr
median age (60% have a planting date)
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Callicarpa dichotoma, also known as purple beautyberry, is a flowering shrub in the Lamiaceae family. It produces pink to white flowers and small, purple drupes that grow in dense clusters. The fruit provides food for wildlife and is edible with a mild taste.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 90.01%15 yr—
- 60.00%——
Traits
- Wildlife value
- Moderate
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Central China Loess Plateau mixed forests
- Central Korean deciduous forests
- Southern Korea evergreen forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
- Nansei Islands subtropical evergreen forests
- South China-Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests
Other Callicarpa in the catalogue
2 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
