| Dicotyledon | Literature for Vaccinium reticulatum
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
| Ericaceae -- The Epacris, Heath Family | Bibliography |
| Vaccinium reticulatum | |
Common name(s): blueberry, `ohelo, `ohelo `ai |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | In the Hawaiian Islands, endemic to Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Maui, Hawai`i. | |
| Habit |
Rhizomatous shrubs, aerial shoots stiffly erect, 10-130(-200) cm tall; twigs of the current season often pubescent, occasionally glaucous, or both glaucous and pubescent. |
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| Leaves |
Leaves persistent, coriaceous, ovate to obovate or rarely elliptic, 1-3 cm long and wide, pubescent or glaucous, or both, margins sharply serrate to entire, flat or strongly revolute. |
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| Flowers |
Pedicels 1-3 cm long; calyx glabrous, glaucous, or pubescent when young, the lobes deltate, shorter or sometimes as long as the tube at anthesis; corolla red, yellow, yellow with red stripes, or greenish yellow, urceolate to cylindrical, 8-12 mm long, glabrous, puberulent, or pubescent. |
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| Fruit |
Berries red, reddish purple, bluish purple, dull black, or yellow, orangish yellow, yellowish green, or pink, 8-14 mm in diameter. |
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| Seeds |
Seeds small and numerous (70-120). |
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| Chromosomes |
2n = 24* |
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