Glabrous evergreen shrub, up to 1 m tall. Leaves in terminal clusters, 65-90 x 25-35 mm, glabrous, glossy, oblanceolate to lanceolate, cuneate, acute to acuminate, gland dotted. Flowers subsessile, greenish-white. Calyx lobes 2.5-3 mm, oblong, obtuse, persistent. Petals white, 5 mm long, oblong. Filaments 5, about as long as the petals, glabrous, absent in female flower. Ovary ovoid, 2-5-locular. Fruit ovoid, c. 9 mm, bright red.

Fl. Per.: April-Late June; Fr. Per.: June-September.

Type: “In Nepaulia”, Wallich..

A small strong-scented shrub, commonly growing gregariously in shady forest undergrowth. Common in the Hazara region, Murree Hills and Kashmir. The leaves are used in medicine and when crushed give a musky odour due to the presence of skimnianine which is poisonous.