Vasilis Teodoridis:
Ericaceae | Vaccinium
30. Vaccinium bracteatum Thunberg in Murray; Syst. Veg.; ed. 14. 363. 1784.
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Shrubs or small trees; evergreen; 2–6(–9) m tall; much branched. Twigs inconspicuously angled; pubescent or glabrous; bud scales inconspicuous. Leaves scattered; petiole 2–8 mm; puberulous or glabrous; leaf blade elliptic; rhombic- or lanceolate-elliptic; or lanceolate; rarely obovate; (1.1–)4–9 x (0.7–)2–4 cm; thinly leathery; glabrous; secondary veins 5–7 pairs; barely raised; fine veins conspicuous or not; base cuneate; broadly cuneate; or obtuse; margin plane; denticulate; apex acute; acuminate; rarely rounded or long acuminate. Inflorescences pseudoterminal; racemose; 4–10 cm; densely pubescent; rarely glabrous; many flowered; bracts persistent or caducous; leaflike; lanceolate; 0.5–2 cm. Pedicel ca. 4 mm; densely pubescent or subglabrous. Hypanthium densely pubescent or tomentellate; rarely subglabrous; calyx limb ca. 1 mm; triangular-toothed. Corolla white; rarely reddish; tubular or slightly urceolate; 5–7 mm; densely pubescent; lobes reflexed; triangular. Filaments 2–2.5 mm; densely pilose; anthers 2–2.5 mm; without spurs; tubules 2–2.5 x as long as thecae. Berry 10-pseudoloculed; dark purple; pubescent. Fl. Jun–Jul; fr. Aug–Oct.
Forests; thickets; grassy places at roadsides; 400–1500(–1900) m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Sichuan; Taiwan; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Cambodia; Indonesia; S Japan; Korea; Laos; Malaysia; Thailand; Vietnam].
This species is used medicinally and to stain cooked rice.
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Ericaceae | Vaccinium
30. Vaccinium bracteatum Thunberg in Murray; Syst. Veg.; ed. 14. 363. 1784.
?? nan zhu
Shrubs or small trees; evergreen; 2–6(–9) m tall; much branched. Twigs inconspicuously angled; pubescent or glabrous; bud scales inconspicuous. Leaves scattered; petiole 2–8 mm; puberulous or glabrous; leaf blade elliptic; rhombic- or lanceolate-elliptic; or lanceolate; rarely obovate; (1.1–)4–9 x (0.7–)2–4 cm; thinly leathery; glabrous; secondary veins 5–7 pairs; barely raised; fine veins conspicuous or not; base cuneate; broadly cuneate; or obtuse; margin plane; denticulate; apex acute; acuminate; rarely rounded or long acuminate. Inflorescences pseudoterminal; racemose; 4–10 cm; densely pubescent; rarely glabrous; many flowered; bracts persistent or caducous; leaflike; lanceolate; 0.5–2 cm. Pedicel ca. 4 mm; densely pubescent or subglabrous. Hypanthium densely pubescent or tomentellate; rarely subglabrous; calyx limb ca. 1 mm; triangular-toothed. Corolla white; rarely reddish; tubular or slightly urceolate; 5–7 mm; densely pubescent; lobes reflexed; triangular. Filaments 2–2.5 mm; densely pilose; anthers 2–2.5 mm; without spurs; tubules 2–2.5 x as long as thecae. Berry 10-pseudoloculed; dark purple; pubescent. Fl. Jun–Jul; fr. Aug–Oct.
Forests; thickets; grassy places at roadsides; 400–1500(–1900) m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Sichuan; Taiwan; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Cambodia; Indonesia; S Japan; Korea; Laos; Malaysia; Thailand; Vietnam].
This species is used medicinally and to stain cooked rice.