Vasilis Teodoridis:
Ericaceae | Vaccinium
37. Vaccinium mandarinorum Diels; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 516. 1901.
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Shrubs or small trees; evergreen; 1–4(–7) m tall. Twigs terete; glabrous or pubescent; sometimes densely puberulous; bud scales inconspicuous. Leaves scattered; petiole 3–8 mm; glabrous or pubescent; leaf blade ovate or oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate; 3–9 x 1.5–3.5 cm; leathery to thinly leathery; both surfaces usually glabrous; sometimes puberulous on midvein; secondary veins 5–9 pairs; ± ascending; thin; fine veins raised abaxially; flat to inconspicuous adaxially; base cuneate to rounded; margin dentate; apex acute to abruptly acuminate for ca. 1.5 cm. Inflorescences racemose; 2.5–10 cm; pubescent or glabrous; many flowered; bracts caducous or persistent; lanceolate; ovate; or ovate-lanceolate; (2–)4–15 mm. Pedicel 2–8 mm; slender; glabrous or puberulous. Hypanthium 1–1.5 mm; glabrous; calyx lobes ± recurved; 0.5–1.5 mm. Corolla white or pinkish; tubular or urceolate; 5–7 mm; glabrous; lobes ca. 1.5 mm. Filaments ca. 1.5 mm; ± pubescent; anthers ca. 3.5 mm; with 2 short spurs; tubules ca. 1.5 x as long as thecae or longer. Berry 10-pseudoloculed; dark purple; glabrous; 4–7 mm in diam. Fl. Apr–Jun; fr. Jun–Oct.
Pinus-Quercus forests; secondary forests; forest margins; thickets; 100–1600 m (or mostly 1800–2900 m on Yunnan plateau). Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Yunnan; Zhejiang.