Family | Ericaceae |
Scientific name | Vaccinium bracteatum Thunberg |
Synonyms | Acosta spicata Loureiro; Pieris divaricata H. Léveillé; Pieris lucida H. Léveillé; Pieris ovalifolia (Wallich) D. Don var. denticulata H. Léveillé; Vaccinium bracteatum Thunberg var. longitubum Hayata; Vaccinium malaccense Wight; Vaccinium spicatum (Loureiro) Poiret |
Common name | (Japanese common name) shashanbo |
(English common name) sea bilberry | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar | |
Chromosomal number | 2n=88 |
Description | Plants 2-3m. Leaves 2.5-6cm length. Flowers white or pale yellow corollas 7mm, flowering in July. Evergreen. Shrub or subarbor trees. |
Reference | Vaccinium bracteatum Thunb. |
Vaccinium bracteatum Thunberg |
July 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
July 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
July 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
July 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |