Vaccinium symplocifolium (D.Don ex G.Don) Alston, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6(Suppl.): 176 (1931) (syn: Agapetes arborea Dunal ; Agapetes salicifolia Gardner ex Thwaites ; Agapetes symplocifolia D.Don ex G.Don; Andromeda symplocifolia Wall. ; Epigynium leschenaultii (Wight) Klotzsch ; Epigynium rotundifolium (Wight) Walp. ; Vaccinium arboreum Lesch. ex Dunal ; Vaccinium leschenaultii Wight ; Vaccinium leschenaultii var. pubescens S.M.Rajendran, S.C.Agarwal & H.N.Verma ; Vaccinium leschenaultii var. rotundifolium (Wight) C.B.Clarke ; Vaccinium leschenaultii var. zeylanicum C.B.Clarke ; Vaccinium rotundifolium Wight ); . SW. India, Sri Lanka as per POWO; . Common name: Indian Cranberry, Lingon berry, Cowberry • Kannada: Anduvan • Malayalam: Kelamaram, Katavu, Kalavu • Sinhala: Boralu • Tamil: Anduvan, Kalavu . Habit- Small trees up to 7 m tall. Trunk\bark- Bark brownish, irregularly scaly; blaze yellowish. Branchlets- Young branchlets angular to subterete, pubescent. Leaves- Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; petiole 0.5-1 cm long, planoconvex in cross section, pubescent when young; lamina 4.5-6.5 x 2.5-3 cm, ovate, elliptic or elliptic-obovate, sometimes suborbicular, apex acute or acuminate, base attenuate to acute or obtuse, margin serrate, glabrous, coriaceous, glands on the midrib beneath; midrib slightly raised or flat above; secondary nerves 4-6 pairs; tertiary nerves broadly reticulate, not prominent. Flowers- Inflorescence axillary and terminal, racemose; flowers urceolate, pink or rarely whitish; petals glabrous; stamens with awns; pedicel ca. 0.3 cm long. Fruit& seed- Berry, smooth, globose; seeds many. In high elevation evergreen forests between 1600 and 2000 m. India, Myanmar and Sri Lanka; in the Western Ghats- South Sahyadri.
Vaccinium leschenaultii Wight ::: Vacciniaceae : Attachments (6). 3 posts by 2 authors. Name: Vaccinium leschenaultii Wight Family: Vacciniaceae Date: 06 July 2013 Place: Doddabetta, Nilgiris, TN Alt.: 2500 m asl Is my ID right? I do not know which variety it is Yes it is Vaccinium leschenaultii Wight
Viburnum erubescens Wall SN Mar 12 Solenotinus erubescens (Wall.) Oerst. : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments(2). Viburnum erubescens Wall, (= Solenotinus erubescens (Wall.) Oerst.), Fam: Adoxaceae (= caprifoliaceae), small tree ooty area at the altitude of 1800m, wild. I think this is Vaccinium leschenaultii Yes, I agree with …, It is Vaccinium leschenaultii Wt. only .  ID KK 26: (Mixed thread): 1 correct image as above. Please identify this shrub from Kodaikanal in Tamilnadu 30/10/25 Vaccinium symplocifolium (Wall. ex G.Don) Alston Reference: POWO
. References: POWO India Biodiversity Portal Biotik (Vaccinium leschenaultii Wight) IIIM (Specimen) plant illustrations Biotik (Vaccinium leschenaultii Wight) Flowers of India |
Vaccinium symplocifolium
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