''Callicarpa cathayana'' is a species of

beautyberry ''Callicarpa'' (beautyberry) is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the family Lamiaceae.Heywood, V.H., Brummitt, R.K., Culham, A. & Seberg, O. 2007: Flowering Plant Families of the World. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. They are native to east a ...

. It is grown in gardens and parks as an ornamental plant for its decorative pink flowers and berries. The purple berries are a

drupe In botany, a drupe (or stone fruit) is an indehiscent fruit in which an outer fleshy part (exocarp, or skin, and mesocarp, or flesh) surrounds a single shell (the ''pit'', ''stone'', or '' pyrena'') of hardened endocarp with a seed (''kernel'') ...

. They are not edible for humans. Birds eat the berries and disperse the seeds. The species are endangered in the wild. ''Callicarpa cathayana'' is native to China.

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