Callicarpa tomentosa is a species of beautyberry plant in the family Lamiaceae.

It is found in Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka.

Purplish flowers show branched axillary cymes.

[3] The leaf is known being used as a wick to light an oil lamp.

[4] In Hinduism, it is said in the legends that when the pandavas went to exile, they lit the tree by applying oil to the leaves and burning them.