Vaccinium glaucoalbum Hook. f. ex C.B. Clarke, Fl. Brit. India 3(9): 453 453 1882. ;
Kindly help to Identify Vaccinium species : 4 images. Please help me to identify the Vaccinium species given in the photo. The descriptions are: 1. Genus : Vaccinium 2. Habit : Shrub 3. Height : 0.5 m epiphyte on rock; upto 2 m tall on soil+shade 4. Leaf : 3.5-4.5 cm x 2.5-3.5 cm 5. Fruit : Usually 10 in number, sometimes 11-12 6. Fruit size : 0.5-0.7 cm 7. Fruit properties: Edible, sour in taste 6. Location : Temerate forest of Tawang district (adjoining Bhutan), Arunachal Pradesh, India (East Himalaya) 7. Altitude : 2500 m -2800 m 8. Associated species: Rhododendron, Berberis, Rubia, Swertia, etc. Thank you for your collection of the above nice Vaccinium sp. I think You traced the populations of this species from Sangri-La to just before Se-la pass. My friend Dr. HUI TAG is the faculty of Botany in your University. Please tell Dr. Hui Tag to call me/mail me (...) The Plantis: Vaccinium glaucoalbum Hook.f. ex C.B.Clarke in Hook.f., Flora of British India 3: 453. 1882 ("glauco-album"). Family: Ericaceae Distribution: India (Eastern Himalaya--Sikkim, Darjeeling of West Bengal & Arunachal Pradesh); Eastern Nepal, Bhutan, SE China, N. Myanmar. |
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