Agapetes pilifera Hook.F. ex C.B.Clarke

Species

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Characteristics

Trees to 5 m tall or large, epiphytic shrubs. Twigs barely angled, 1–1.5 mm in diam., glabrous. Leaves scattered; petiole 4–6 mm, glabrous or glandular pilose; leaf blade drying blackish, elliptic, 4.5–6.5 × 1.5–2.8 cm, thinly leathery, glabrous, secondary veins 3–5 pairs, barely evident, base rounded, margin plane, entire, without basal glands, apex slenderly caudate-acuminate. Flowers axillary, fasciculate, 1–4-flowered. Pedicel filiform, 1.5–2 cm, densely spreading glandular pilose, slightly thickened upwards. Calyx tube green, ca. 1 mm; limb ± divided; lobes triangular, ca. 0.5 mm. Corolla green, shortly campanulate, 5–7 mm, glabrous; lobes oblong, apex acute. Filaments ca. 0.5 mm, glabrous; anthers ca. 3 mm, tubules ca. 1.5 × as long as thecae, with spreading spurs. Berry reddish to blackish, globose, 3–4 mm in diam., glabrous. Fr. Nov.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support epiphyte
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 5.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

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Distribution

Agapetes pilifera world distribution map, present in China, India, and Myanmar

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:858182-1
WFO ID wfo-0000523110
COL ID 65MKW
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Synonyms

Agapetes pilifera Vaccinium piliferum