Ardisia humilis

Ardisia humilis (jet berry) 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.

[1] Ardisia humilis is an evergreen shrub growing 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 and 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, and it matures in late autumn.

Botanical illustration of Ardisia humilis.