Vaccinium japonicum is
a deciduous shrub, 30-100cm in height, inhabiting forest edges in
hilly districts; branches are green when young and, as age
increases, become black-brown. Leaves are opposite, blades measuring
2-6cm in length, 1-3cm in width, ovate or broad lanceolate, tips
orbicular or shallow heart-shaped. Leaf margins have fine serrations
on tips, of which glands exist. Also, there are attractive networks
of veinlets on surfaces. Single light red flowers hang down from
leaf axils. Corollas are deeply cleft into four, and the lobes curve
backward and become round in a spiral. Bloom time: June-July. |