Shrubs evergreen, sometimes epiphytic, 0.5–0.7 m tall, much and diffusely branched. Twigs rounded, pubescent and densely brownish glandular setulose, glabrescent, scabrous; bud scales inconspicuous. Leaves dense; petiole ca. 1 mm, pubescent; leaf blade ovate, ovate-orbicular, or oblong, 1–2.3 × 0.7–1.2 cm, leathery or thinly so, adaxially puberulous on midvein, otherwise glabrous on both surfaces, secondary veins 3 or 4 pairs, veins and fine veins inconspicuous and raised abaxially, impressed adaxially, base rounded, margin revolute, cartilaginous, with 1 or 2 basal glands per side, sparsely denticulate. Inflorescences pseudoterminal, racemose, densely pubescent, 0.6–1.5 cm; bracts caducous, broadly ovate, ca. 4 mm. Pedicel 6–7 mm, glabrous. Hypanthium ca. 0.7 mm, glabrous; calyx lobes broadly triangular or undulate, ca. 0.8 mm, ciliate. Corolla white, pinkish above, urceolate, 5–6 mm; lobes erect or reflexed, 0.5–0.8 mm. Filaments 1.5–2 mm, densely pilose; anthers ca. 2.5 mm, thecae with 2 spreading spurs; tubules ca. as long as thecae. Berry 10-pseudoloculed, dark purple. Fl. May, fr. Jul–Aug.
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A small evergreen shrub. It grows 30-40 cm high and spreads 30-40 cm wide. The leaves are rounded and have fine teeth. The leaves are 18 mm long. The flowers are small and pink and occur in clusters. The fruit are dark blue-black. They are 5 mm across. They are edible.
It is a warm temperate plant. It grows naturally trailing over rocks in Bhutan and Sikkim. In SW China it grows on mountain slopes between 2,000-3,500 m above sea level. It suits hardiness zones 7-10.
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On rocks and as a forest epiphyte; at elevations up to 4,000 metres. Rocky places of montane forest understories, thickets on mountain slopes; at elevations from 2,000-3,500 metres.
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