Vaccinium

University of Illinois at Chicago
PLANTS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA
ERICACEAE
Vaccinium
Det. By:
Field Chari Treelet 4 m tall; lvs
coriaceous, dark green above, yellow
green below; fls white, heavy fragrance.
Notes: With Timonius timon and Saurauia
shrubbery, bottled flowers at BISH.
Locality: Morobe Province: Manki range.
Habitat: Hill forest dominated by
Castanopsis, common in sites opened by
natural or man-made agency (e.g. often
along woodlines, roadsides, landslips,
etc.)
1250 m, 715*S X 146 36'E
W. Takeuchi 4574, July 18, 1989
Collected under the sponsorship of: U.S.
National Cancer Institute, University of
Illinois at Chicago, Arnold Arboretum (Har-
vard University), Field Museum of Natural
History and Lae Herbarium.
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