Vasilis Teodoridis:
Ericaceae | Vaccinium
38. Vaccinium trichocladum Merrill & Metcalf; Lingnan Sci. J. 16: 174. 1937.
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Shrubs; occasionally small trees; evergreen; 3–8 m tall. Twigs rounded; densely or sparsely glandular setose and hispidulous; glabrescent; bud scales inconspicuous. Leaves scattered; petiole 2–4 mm; indumentum same as twigs; leaf blade ovate-lanceolate; 4–9 x 2–3 cm; thinly leathery; abaxially hispidulous; intermixed glandular setose on midvein; adaxially densely hispidulous on midvein; otherwise glabrous; secondary veins 8–10 pairs; raised abaxially; flat adaxially; fine veins raised abaxially; inconspicuous adaxially; base rounded or slightly cordate; margin plane; spiniform-dentate or subentire; apex acuminate. Inflorescences pseudoterminal; racemose; 4–8 cm; densely hispidulous; pubescent; or glabrous; many flowered; bracts oblong or oblong-lanceolate; ca. 2.5 mm; margin glandular fimbriate. Pedicel 3–4 mm; indumentum as on rachis. Hypanthium ca. 1 mm; hairy or glabrous; calyx limb divided to near base; calyx lobes triangular-ovate; ca. 1 mm; glabrous. Corolla white; tubular-urceolate; 5–6 mm; glabrous; lobes reflexed; ca. 1 mm. Filaments ca. 1 mm; densely hairy; anthers ca. 3 mm; with 2 spurs; tubules 1.5–2 x as long as thecae. Berry 10-pseudoloculed; red; globose; 5–6 mm in diam.; hispidulous. Fl. Apr; fr. May–Sep.
Forests; open mountain slopes; 200–700 m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Jiangxi; Zhejiang.
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Ericaceae | Vaccinium
38. Vaccinium trichocladum Merrill & Metcalf; Lingnan Sci. J. 16: 174. 1937.
???? ci mao yue ju
Shrubs; occasionally small trees; evergreen; 3–8 m tall. Twigs rounded; densely or sparsely glandular setose and hispidulous; glabrescent; bud scales inconspicuous. Leaves scattered; petiole 2–4 mm; indumentum same as twigs; leaf blade ovate-lanceolate; 4–9 x 2–3 cm; thinly leathery; abaxially hispidulous; intermixed glandular setose on midvein; adaxially densely hispidulous on midvein; otherwise glabrous; secondary veins 8–10 pairs; raised abaxially; flat adaxially; fine veins raised abaxially; inconspicuous adaxially; base rounded or slightly cordate; margin plane; spiniform-dentate or subentire; apex acuminate. Inflorescences pseudoterminal; racemose; 4–8 cm; densely hispidulous; pubescent; or glabrous; many flowered; bracts oblong or oblong-lanceolate; ca. 2.5 mm; margin glandular fimbriate. Pedicel 3–4 mm; indumentum as on rachis. Hypanthium ca. 1 mm; hairy or glabrous; calyx limb divided to near base; calyx lobes triangular-ovate; ca. 1 mm; glabrous. Corolla white; tubular-urceolate; 5–6 mm; glabrous; lobes reflexed; ca. 1 mm. Filaments ca. 1 mm; densely hairy; anthers ca. 3 mm; with 2 spurs; tubules 1.5–2 x as long as thecae. Berry 10-pseudoloculed; red; globose; 5–6 mm in diam.; hispidulous. Fl. Apr; fr. May–Sep.
Forests; open mountain slopes; 200–700 m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Jiangxi; Zhejiang.