Vaccinium sprengelii (G.Don) Sleumer ex Rehder

A shrub. It loses its leaves during the winter. It can grow 3 m high. Young growth is red coloured. The leaves are oval or sword shaped and 4-9 cm long by 2-4 cm wide. They have long narrow points. The flowers are on the underside of long flowering stalks. These are white tinged with pink. The flowering groups are 7.5 cm long and the flowers are 5 mm long. The fruit are small purple-black berries.

Woods, streamsides and thickets; at elevations from 1,300-1,600 metres in W. Hupeh. Mixed forests, pine forests and thickets; at elevations from 2,300-2,700, occasionally to 3,200 metres.

The fruit are edible. The young leaves are boiled and used as a vegetable. The flowers are eaten raw.

Plants are grown from seed or cuttings.