WorldFloraDB - Vaccinium myrsinites

Characteristics

Plants forming extensive open colonies, 1.4-10 dm; twigs bright green, ± angled, hairy in lines. Leaves persistent for 1+ years; blade green, elliptic, 5-9 × 3-5 mm, coriaceous, margins ± serrulate, surfaces glandular abaxially. Flowers: calyx pinkish white, becoming greenish, glabrous; corolla white to pink or red, ± urceolate, 4-8 mm; filaments ciliate along margins. Berries black, 7-9 mm diam., glabrous. Seeds 4-13, ca. 1 mm. 2n = 24, 48.

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A small shrub. It grows 45-90 cm high. The twigs are green and young leaves are very bright green. The leaves are small and leathery. They are 5-12 mm long by 5 mm wide. The flowers are round or urn shaped and 5-8 mm long. They are white with tinges of pink. The fruit are round shiny berries. They are 1.2 cm across and black.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	shrub
Growth support	free-standing
Foliage retention	evergreen
Sexuality	hermaphrodite
Pollination	entomogamy
Spread	-
Mature width (meter)	1.0
Mature height (meter)	0.5
Root system	-
Rooting depth (meter)	-
Root diameter (meter)	-
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Nitrogen fixer	-
Photosynthetic pathway	c3

Environment

Pinelands, scrub prairies and open woods in acid soils. Flatwoods, sand-pine scrub, oak-palmetto scrub, scrubby flatwoods, rosemary balds, mainly in dry sandy soils with full sunlight; at elevations up to 30 metres.

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It is a subtropical plant. It grows naturally in full sun in Florida. It grows well on dry sandy soils.

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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The fruit can be eaten raw. They are also used in pies.

Uses	gene source medicinal
Edible	fruits
Therapeutic use	Analgesic (leaf), Antidiarrheal (leaf), Eye Medicine (leaf), Febrifuge (leaf), Stimulant (root), Ceremonial Medicine (unspecified), Cold Remedy (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified), Febrifuge (unspecified), Pediatric Aid (unspecified), Unspecified (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

It is normally grown from cuttings.

Mode	cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days)	365
Germination temperacture (C°)	18 - 23
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
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Optimum temperature (C°)	-
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