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Ornamental - It is used as ornamental plant.
Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal
Forests, consistently moist, well-drained garden soils in full sun to part shade at altitudes ofs 1200-3000 m asl..
Popular amongst gardeners. Known for its intensely fragrant, small white, yellow, or orange flowers.
Evergreen shrub or small tree growing to 3–12 m tall.
Stem has distinct characteristics that change as the plant matures. There are small, raised pores on the stem that allow for gas exchange.
Petiole 0.8-1.2 (-1.5) cm; leaf blade elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, 7-14.5 × 2.6-4.5 cm, base cuneate or broadly cuneate, margin entire or usually serrulate along distal half, apex acuminate; midrib and 6-8(-10) primary veins adaxially impressed and abaxially raised.
Cymes fascicled in leaf axils, many flowered; bracts broadly ovate, 2-4 mm. Pedicel 4-10 mm. Calyx ca. 1 mm. Corolla yellowish, yellow, or orange, 3-4 mm; tube 0.5-1 mm. Stamens attached to middle of corolla tube; connective elongated into an obscure mucro.
Drupe purple-black, ellipsoid, oblique, 1-1.5 cm.
Flowering: September – October
Fruiting: March