Bodinier Beautyberry                kal-i-KAR-pa bo-din-i-ER-i  (bo-din-ee-E-ree)

• Broadleaf deciduous shrub, grows to 6-10 ft (1.8-3 m), somewhat less in width, upright, bushy.  Leaves opposite, simple, elliptic to ovate-elliptic, 5-12 cm long, acuminate tip, margin toothed (denticulate or dentate), blue-green above, pubescent below, especially on veins, often exhibits a purple cast in fall.  Purplish flowers are followed by bright violet-purple fruit (3 mm).
• Full sun for best heavy fruiting.
• Hardy to USDA Zone 6     Native to central and western China.   'Profusion' is the most common cultivar, it has an upright habit, bronze new growth, pale pink flowers, dark violet fruit.
• bodinieri
: after Emile Marie Bodinieri (1842-1901), a French missionary who collected plants in China.
• Oregon State Univ. campus: Hort Garden west of Cordley Hall.