Vaccinium harmandianum Dop

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Vaccinium

Characteristics

Shrubs or small trees, evergreen, 2–10 m tall, glabrous, rarely twigs and petioles pubescent. Twigs angled; bud scales inconspicuous. Leaves scattered; petiole 3–7 mm; leaf blade ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 5.5–12.5 × 2–5 cm, secondary veins 6 or 7 pairs, ascending, fine veins slightly raised abaxially, ± flat adaxially, base cuneate or broadly cuneate, margin plane, shallowly serrate, apex falciform-acuminate. Inflorescences racemose, 4–10 cm, 10–15-flowered; bracts caducous, lanceolate, 5–6 mm. Pedicel 4–5 mm. Hypanthium ca. 1 mm, glabrous; calyx lobes triangular-lanceolate, ca. 1.2 mm, margin glandular fimbriate. Corolla white or tinged with pink, tubular, 7–8 mm; lobes erect or reflexed, ca. 0.7 mm. Filaments ca. 1.8 mm, hairy; anthers ca. 2.5 mm, with 2 inconspicuous spurs; tubules ca. as long as thecae. Berry 10-pseudoloculed, purple, globose, 6–7 mm in diam. Fl. Apr–May, fr. Jun–Sep.
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A shrub or small tree. It grows 2-10 m tall. The twigs are angled. The leaves are scattered and oval to sword shaped. They are 5.5-12.5 cm long by 2-5 cm wide. The base is wedge shaped and there are small teeth long the edge.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 2.0 - 10.0
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Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant. In Yunnan. It grows between 1,000-1,600 m above sea level.
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Usage

The flowers, young stems and leaves are used as a potherb.
Uses potherb
Edible flowers fruits leaves stems
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Vaccinium harmandianum world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:334432-1
WFO ID wfo-0001048457
COL ID 7F7MZ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Vaccinium harmandianum