[2] It is native to Nepal, the eastern Himalayas, Assam, and Myanmar, and has been introduced to a number of locales in Europe, the west coast of North America, and Australia as a garden escapee.

[1][3] The Royal Horticultural Society considers it to be an undesirable invasive non-native species.

The fruits are globose, obovoid, red and shiny, with green coloured calyx lobes which are flat.

The flowers bloom in June, while fruits ripen from September to October.

It appeared at Lemoine nursery catalogue by 1911 in Nancy, France.