Common names (English):

Fortune's spindle, winter creeper

Local name (Kannada):

Habit: Shrub

Distribution:

Native of East Asia.

Use: Ornamental

Description:

Evergreen bushy shrub. Leaves simple, opposite, lamina variable in color and size, obovate-elliptic, margins serrate, white-bordered. Flowers small, greenish. Fruit a small berry.