Vaccinium chaetothrix Sleumer

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Vaccinium

Characteristics

Shrubs evergreen, epiphytic, many diffuse or pendulous branched. Twigs rounded, pubescent and brownish glandular setulose, glabrescent; bud scales inconspicuous. Leaves dense; petiole ca. 1 mm; leaf blade ovate to suborbicular, 4–8 × 3–7 mm, leathery, glabrous, abaxially brown or pale brown, adaxially drying grayish green and rugose, secondary veins 2 or 3 pairs, barely conspicuous, raised abaxially, impressed adaxially, fine veins inconspicuous, base rounded, margin revolute, cartilaginous, sparsely denticulate, apex rounded. Inflorescences pseudoterminal, racemose, setose below, 6–8-flowered; bracts caducous, to 3 mm. Pedicel 6–8 mm, pubescent or glabrous. Hypanthium glabrous; calyx lobes broadly triangular, slightly ciliate. Corolla white, tubular-urceolate, ca. 6.5 mm, glabrous; lobes ca. 0.8 mm. Filaments ca. 1.5 mm, hairy; anthers ca. 3 mm, thecae with 2 spurs; tubules ca. as long as thecae. Berry 10-pseudoloculed, dark purple, 6–8 mm in diam. Fl. Jun, fr. Jul–Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support epiphyte
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
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Distribution

Vaccinium chaetothrix world distribution map, present in China, India, and Myanmar

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:334313-1
WFO ID wfo-0001048547
COL ID 7F7VJ
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Synonyms

Vaccinium chaetothrix