| Dicotyledon | Literature for Vaccinium calycinum
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
| Ericaceae -- The Epacris, Heath Family | Bibliography |
| Vaccinium calycinum | |
Common name(s): blueberry, `ohelo, `ohelo kau la`au |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | In the Hawaiian Islands, endemic to Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui, Hawai`i. |
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| Habit |
Stiffly erect shrubs 1-5 m tall; stems 2-30, forming small clumps. |
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| Leaves |
Leaves deciduous, chartaceous, ovate to obovate, 5-8 cm long, 2-4 cm wide,
blades usually quite glabrous, margins serrate. |
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| Flowers |
Pedicels 1-3 cm long; calyx somewhat puberulent when young, the lobes deltate, foliaceous, overlapping in bud, 2-3 mm wide at base, longer than the tube at anthesis; corolla green, yellowish green, or reddish green, urceolate to cylindrical, 9-12 mm long. |
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| Fruit |
Berries bright red, insipid, 9-15 mm in diameter. |
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| Seeds |
Seeds small and numerous. |
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| Chromosomes |
2n = 24* |
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