Aphananthe aspera (Thunb.) Planch.

A tree. It loses its leaves during the year. It grows 20 m high. It is covered with rough hairs. The leaves are oval and 5-13 cm long by 3-6 cm wide. They have fine teeth. The male and female flowers are separate but on the same tree. Male flowers are on young branches and female flowers are in the axils of upper leaves. They occur singly. The fruit is small and oval. It is 8-10 mm across and blue to black.

It is a subtropical plant. In China it grows between 100-1,600 m above sea level. In Indonesia it grows on a variety of soils from the lowlands to 1,300 m above sea level. In Sichuan and Yunnan.

Plants can be grown from seed.