Shrubs or small trees. Leaves opposite, simple, entire. Flowers bisexual in terminal panicles, strong-scented. Corolla funnel-shaped. Fruit a 2-locular berry; loculi 1-2-seeded. Worldwide: 40 species, in Europe, North Africa, E and SE Asia to Australia Zimbabwe: 5 cultivated taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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No image of a cultivated species but there is an image of a native or naturalised species |
| Species | Content |
| japonicum Thunb. | |
| lucidum Aiton | Description, Image |
| obtusifolium Siebold & Zucc. | |
| ovalifolium Hassk. | |
| sinense Lour. | Image |