Ardisia humilis

Description

Ardisia humilis is a species of flowering plant in the genus Ardisia in the family Primulaceae, native to southeastern Asia in southern China (Guangdong, Hainan), the Philippines, and Vietnam. It is an evergreen shrub growing to 1–2 m (rarely to 5 m) tall. The leaves are broad ovate to elliptical, 15–18 cm long and 5–7 cm broad, with a leathery texture and an acute apex. The flowers are reddish purple to pink, 5–6 mm diameter; they are produced in corymbs in mid spring. The fruit is a red to dark purple drupe 6 mm diameter, containing a single seed, mature in the late autumn.