Shrubs or subshrubs to 1.5 m tall; pubescence yellowish of simple, often moniliform hairs mixed with many-celled ones. Leaves dimorphic, the major leaf elliptic-ovate, 9-15 cm long, 5-7 cm wide, apically acute or acuminate, basally cuneate, sparsely pubescent, denser beneath; petiole 0.5-4 cm long; minor leaf broadly ovate, 2.5-4 cm long, 2-3 cm wide; petiole 0.5-4 cm long. Inflorescences several-flowered fascicles in leaf axils; pedicel 0.5-2 cm long. Flowers with calyx cupular, 3-6 mm long, 10-dentate, teeth linear-awl-shaped, 2-3 mm long; corolla pale purple or white, often drying dark, to 8-10 mm long, the lobes lanceolate, 6 mm long; filaments l mm long, anthers 3-3.5 mm long, sometimes pubescent. Berry red, globose, 6-9 mm across; fruiting calyx densely pubescent with simple and branched hairs, the teeth slightly longer than in flower; seeds numerous, pale yellow, ovate to subtriangular, 1.5-2 mm across, reticulate.

TAIPEI: Sanhsia, Manyueyuan, Liao 161; Wulai, Liao 411. KEELUNG: Keelungyu Is., Peng, 14127. ILAN: Nanfangao, Peng 13736; Chiaohsi, Lungtanhu, Liu 529. TAOYUAN: Kaop’o, Lammers 8506; Tachi, Yang 5018. HSINCHU: Shintoushan, Peng 14829; Wufeng, Chingchuan, Wang 62. MIAOLI: Shihtan, Leu 1052; Taina, Lin 564. TAICHUNG: Pahsienshan Forest Recreation Area, Liu 868; Wushihkeng, Yang 6819. NANTOU: Hsinyi, Tungpu to Yunglung Fall, Chen 46; Huisun Experimental Forest, Wu 6. CHIAYI: Chuchi, Yen 8400; Fanlu, Tinghsi, Wang 787. TAINAN: Nanhsi, Tsenwne Dam, Peng 13394. KAOHSIUNG: Taoyuan, Paoshan Village, Ho 950; Takangshan, D’Arcy 19272. PINGTUNG: Chunjih. Tahan forest trail from Shuitiliao to Tahanshan, Leu 641; Nanjenshan, Wang 544. HUALIEN: Taroko Natl. Park, Peng 14524; Yuli, Yang 5045. TAITUNG: Yenping, Hungyeh Village, Leu 823; Lanyu Is., Huang et al. 10675.

Distributed in India (Sikkim), Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Guinea, Philippines, and mainland China. Taiwan, in thickets throughout the interior. [100-2300 m].