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Medicine - The young leaves and buds are toxic, but they are used externally as an infusion to treat skin diseases and external parasites.
Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan
It is found in the Himalayas at altitudes of 1500-3000 m asl.
Feature bell-shaped flowers and wildlife-friendly berries. The leaves, however, can cause poisoning in livestock if ingested.
Small deciduous tree growing up to 10 m tall.
The tree has brown bark, peeling in narrow strips.
Leaves ovate or elliptic or ovate-oblong, entire, usually rather leathery, acute or shortly acuminate at the apex, usually rounded at the base, glabrous or downy on the veins beneath.
Flowers in axillary, one-sided racemes 2 to 4 in. long, sometimes with leafy bracts at the base, borne on the previous year’s wood in May-June. Corollas white or flesh-pink, narrowly egg-shaped, downy on the outside. Sepals triangular-lanceolate or ovate.
Capsules about 3⁄16 in. wide.
Flowering: April-June