Leycesteria formosa

Soft-wooded shrub to c. 2 m high; stems finely hairy to glabrescent, c. hollow. Leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate, mostly 5–15 cm long and 2–6 cm wide, apex long-acuminate, base cuneate to cordate, margins entire or finely toothed, glabrous or finely pubescent below; petioles 5–15 mm long. Inflorescences drooping, 2–10 cm long. Flowers in compact cymes subtended and exceeded by bracts; bracts leafy, ovate, to c. 25 mm long, purplish; sepals linear-lanceolate, 5–6 mm long, glandular-hairy; corolla 12–20 mm long, white or purplish, lobes ovate, 3–5 mm long. Berry ovoid to globose, c. 10 mm long, dark red. Flowers summer.