Botanical name: Berberis hookeri    Family: Berberidaceae (Barberry family)

Sikkim Barberry is an evergreen shrub 3 to 5 ft high, producing a dense thicket of erect, angled stems, which branch near the top; young twigs not downy. Spines are usually three-forked, each fork slender, rigid, 1.2-2.5 cm long. Leaves are in clusters, lanceshaped to obovate; 2.5-7.5 cm long, 1.2-2.5 cm wide; leathery, almost stalkless; dark green above, glaucous white beneath; the margins armed with slender teeth. Flowers arise singly on their stalks, borne in clusters of 3-6 at each cluster of leaves; 1.6 cm across, pale yellow, the sepals tinged with red. Berries are narrow, cylindrical, 1.2 cm long, tapering towards the end; black-purple, often remaining on the plant until the following spring. Sikkim Barberry is found in Eastern Himalaya, from Central Nepal to N. Myanmar and S. Tibet, at altitudes of 2500-3500 m.

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