Frutex; ramuli sulcati annotini rubri, glabri; internodia 1-2.5 cm longa; spinae 1-3-fidae, 1-2 cm. longae, stipitatae vel sessiles. Folia satis crasse coriacea, 1.5-3 cm longa, 1-2 cm lata, obovato-oblonga, ad basin cuneata, in petiolum 3-10 mm longum decurrentia, apice rotundata vel subobtusa, minute spinoso-acuminata, ad margine 2-6-spinoso-denticulate rarius subintegra; utraque facie conspicue reticulata, subtus viridia, paululum pallidiora. Infructescenti 2-4 cm longi, 10-25-frueti, subumbellati vel subracemoso-pseudumbellati. Flores adhuc ignoti. Pedicelli 9-11 mm longi; bracteis 1-1.5 mm longis. Baccae atrocaeruleac glaucopruinosae, globosae vel globose-obovoideae, c. 1 cm magnae, nec rigidae, 3-4-spermae, stylo c. 0.5 mm Longo excluso.
Valde similis Berberis brandisianae Ahrendt sed fructu non rigido, atrocaeruleo differt. A. Berberis pseudumbellatae Parker infructescentia 10-20 (-25) fructa, baccis non rigidis differt.
Holotype: Kashmir, Godai, Gilgit Rd., 2800 m, large bush, 24.VIII.1939, R.R. & I.D. Stewart 18941 (RAW).
Distribution: Endemic to Kashmir.
An interesting species with leaves and infructescence like those of Berberis brandisiana Ahrendt and Berberis pseudumbellate Parker but 10-20(-25) fruited and fruits not rigid with thick walls. Fruits very much like those in Berberis parkeriana Schneid. but stem dark-red, leaves broad, style very short. Also like Berberis orthobotrys Bien. ex Aitch. but fruits black-red, globose and larger.
