narrowly deltoid-ovate, 4-8 cm. long, 1-3.5 cm. wide, gradu­ally long-acuminate, rounded at base, entire or undulate­toothed, sometimes incised to deeply 3- to 5-lobed and cordate, often thinly pilose on margin and on nerves above; peduncles 1-3 cm. long, loosely few-flowered; corolla 6-7 mm. long, pale purple, 5-cleft, the lobes lanceolate, reflexed; anthers narrowly oblong, 2.5-3 mm. long, the locules obliquely truncate at apex; berries globose, red, 6-7 mm. across. July-Oct. Woods and thickets in mountains.

Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu. Korea, Manchuria, and China.

f. xanthocarpum (Makino) H.Hara. Fruit yellow.

var. takaoyamense (Makino) H.Hara.  Leaves toothed; fruit ellipsoidal. Hon­shu