''Ardisia crispa'', the Japanese holly, is a species of flowering plant in the family

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. It is found in the eastern Himalayas,

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, southern China, Indochina, Taiwan, Korea, the

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, and Japan, and has been introduced to

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, Australia, and the

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in the Caribbean. An evergreen perennial shrub reaching at most , it is often sold as an ornamental for its dark green leaves and longlasting red berries, much like ''

Ardisia crenata ''Ardisia crenata'' is a species of flowering plant in the primrose family, Primulaceae, that is native to East Asia. It is known by a variety of names such as Christmas berry, Australian holly, coral ardisia, coral bush, coralberry, coralberry t ...

'', the Christmas berry or coralberry.

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crispa Flora of East Himalaya Flora of Assam (region) Flora of South-Central China Flora of Southeast China Flora of Laos Flora of Cambodia Flora of Vietnam Flora of Eastern Asia Plants described in 1834 {{Primulaceae-stub