Vaccinium oldhamii, a
deciduous shrub found in forests in hilly districts, grows to 1-3m
in height, and trunks are single or bushy, branches spreading
sideways. Leaves are alternate, blades being 3-8cm in length, 2-4cm
in width, in the shape of an oblong or broadly ovate, both ends
pointed, margins entire. Leaf margins have coarse hairs on the tips
of which there exist glands. More hairs are on the veins. Branch
tops emerge racemes horizontally in which many light yellow-green
flowers bloom facing downward. Corollas, 4-5mm in length,
bell-shaped, cleft shallowly in five, the lobes bend somewhat
backward. Sap fruit matures black in August-October. Bloom time:
May-June. |