Vaccinium miquelii (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Vaccinium miquelii Boerl.
- Family: Ericaceae
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: pandjang umur (Dempo), bunga karang (Kerintji), kaju katjar (Gajo).
Distribution
Indonesia: Sumatra.
Uses
The fruits are edible.
Observations
Shrub or tree, up to 6 m tall. Leaves elliptic-oblong, 1-2 cm × 0.4-0.8 cm. Flowers bright scarlet, red or pink. Fruit a berry, 4-5 mm diameter, pubescent, blue-blackish. In summit vegetation, alpine scrub, at 1700-3400 m altitude. Flowering whole year. A creeping dwarf form is called var. atjehense Sleumer.
Selected sources
93.
