| Dicotyledon | Literature for Vaccinium dentatum
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
| Ericaceae -- The Epacris, Heath Family | Bibliography |
| Vaccinium dentatum | |
Common name(s): blueberry, `ohelo |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | In the Hawaiian Islands, endemic to Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui, Hawai`i. | |
| Habit |
Decumbent, sprawling, or weakly rhizomatous shrubs 0.3-2(-3) m tall. |
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| Leaves |
Leaves persistent, coriaceous, elliptic to narrowly elliptic, 4-9 cm long, 1-3 cm wide, margins serrate, usually glabrous at maturity, occasionally glandular, rarely puberulent. |
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| Flowers |
Pedicels 1-3 cm long; calyx often minutely puberulent especially prior to anthesis, the lobes lanceolate, longer than the tube at anthesis; corolla red with greenish lobes, green with red stripes, greenish yellow with pink stripes, or pink with greenish lobes, urceolate to cylindrical, 9-12 mm long. |
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| Fruit |
Berries bright red to scarlet, edible, 8-10 mm in diameter. |
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| Seeds |
Seeds small and numerous (80-140). |
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