Deciduous shrubs to small trees, 3-20 m tall, to 25 cm d.b.h.; branches and twigs terete, sturdy, green to light green. Petiole sturdy, 9-20 mm; leaf blade thinly leathery or thickly papery, elliptic, or sometimes ovate-elliptic, 11-13(-15) × 3-5(-7) cm, base attenuate, margin finely crenulate, surfaces rough, apex acuminate; lateral veins 6-9 pairs, curving forward, webbing and disappearing before reaching margin. Peduncle 3-4.5 cm, 1-3 × dichotomously branched, several flowered; pedicel 5-7 mm. Flowers 4-merous, 9-10 mm in diam.; sepals ovate; petals white, lanceolate or long ovate, apex acuminate or obtuse. Capsule rhombic, with 4 angles and deep grooves, brown or yellow-brown to red-brown, ca. 8 mm × 1-1.3 cm. Seeds ellipsoid, dark brown; aril orange-red. Fl. Apr-Jul, fr. Aug-Nov.
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A deciduous shrub or small tree. It grows 6 m high. It spreads to 6 m wide. The leaves are oblong or sword shaped. They have short pointed tips. They flowers are white tinged with red or pink.
Forests, woodland and scrub; at elevations from sea level to 3,000 metres. Open places around villages; at elevations from 500-2,500 metres.
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It is a temperate plant. It suits hardiness zones 4-9. It grows up to 3,000 m altitude in Pakistan.
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