Vaccinium gitingense Elmer

  • Filed As

    Ericaceae
    Vaccinium gitingense Elmer ( isotype )

  • Collector(s)

    A. D. E. Elmer 12555, May 1910

  • Location

    Philippines. Capiz. Pauala River bottom. Magallanes (Mt. Gitin-Gitin). Island of Sibuyan.

  • Habitat

    Hot dry sand-gravelly river bottom.

  • Description

    Low spreading shrub. Stem a few inches thick, branched from the base; branches widely spreading, rigid, breaking with a snap, 3 to 5 ft long; wood hard, reddish brown except the thin sapwood, radially sprinkled, odorless and tasteless; bark coarsely checked longitudinally, dull gray; leaves rigidly coriaceous, ascending, flat, a trifle paler green beneath; flowers white, pendulous. young leaves red. Phenology of specimen: Flower, Fruit.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 10730

    Occurrence ID: f3445808-6d98-44b7-8e24-6efff75e5c6a

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Ericales

  • Family

    Ericaceae

  • All Determinations

    Vaccinium gitingense Elmer det J. C. Regalado Jr., 1989
    Note: Revised for Flora Malesiana.

  • Type Details

    isotype of Vaccinium gitingense Elmer, verif. J. C. Regalado Jr., 1989

  • Region

    Asia

  • Country

    Philippines

  • State/Province

    Capiz

  • Locality

    Pauala River bottom. Magallanes (Mt. Gitin-Gitin). Island of Sibuyan.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 304.8 m. (1000 ft.)

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