Pseudowintera colorata (Raoul) Dandy

Erect shrub up to 2 m. tall, rarely more, bark dark. Lvs on petioles 5 mm.-1 cm. long; lamina 2-6-(8) × 1-3 cm., rarely larger, elliptic to broad-elliptic to elliptic-obovate, coriac.; dull green, red-blotched above, glaucous below, very pungent to taste, midrib and main veins evident below. Fls in axillary fascicles of 2-5-(10); pedicels up to 1 cm. long, slender. Calyx shallowly lobed to subentire; petals 5-6, greenish yellow, linear to narrow-oblong, 4-5 mm. long; stamens 5-12; carpels 2-5, us. 1-2 maturing; frs dark red to black, 3-5 mm. diam.; mesocarp slightly fleshy; seeds 2-3, black, angled.

Lowland to higher montane forest, often in secondary vegetation and forming thickets after destruction of the forest.

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.