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Food - Fruits eaten raw or made into jams/jellies.
Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Nepal
Thrives in sparse forests in mountain valleys, thickets, at an elevation of 800-2800 m.
It is a medium-sized evergreen tree grow up to 9 m tall. Bark gray-brown smooth.
Stem is smooth or hairy on current branches, turning gray and rough with raised leaf scars on older ones.
Leaves are evergreen, papery to slightly leathery, elliptic to ovate, 5-10 cm long, with 7-8 pairs of lateral veins visible on the underside.
Flowers are clustered, small (0.4-0.6 cm) with 4-6 petals (male) or staminodes (female).
Fruit is red, ovoid-ellipsoidal, around 0.5 cm long, with persistent calyx and stigma, containing 4-6 seeds.
Flowering: April – June,
Fruiting: August – November.