Vaccinium exaristatum Kurz

 
  • Family : ERICACEAE
    (Heather Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : RHODODENDRON FAMILY (बुराँश फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Ericaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Vaccinium apricum H.R.Fletcher; Vaccinium exaristatum var. pubescens Kurz; Vaccinium exaristatum var. semipubescens Kurz; Vaccinium garrettii Craib; Vaccinium longetubulosum J.J.Sm.; Vaccinium winitii H.R.Fletcher
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Vaccinium exaristatum Kurz
  • Habit : Shrub or Tree
  • Key identification features : Shrubs or small trees, evergreen, 3-5m tall, twigs obscurely lenticellate, densely pubescent when young, becomes glabrescent with age, bud scales inconspicuous; Leaves scattered, elliptic, oblong-ovate, or oblong-lanceolate, 3–7.5 × 1.1–3 cm, texture leathery, base cuneate to rounded, margin plane, dentate, apex acute to acuminate, midvein pubescent on both surfaces, glabrous or pubescent on adaxil surface, petiole 2-3mm long, densely pubescent; Inflorescence racemose, 3-10cm long, pubescent; Bracts caducous, ovate or broadly ovate, 2.5-3mm long; Flowers pedicel 1-3.5mm long, pubescent or glabrous; Hypanthium 0.8-1mm, pubescent or glabrous; Calyx lobes triangular or suborbicular, 0.8-1.2mm long, at times densely ciliate; Corolla pink, tubular, 6-8mm long, glabrous, lobes erect or reflexed, triangular or oblong; Filaments about 1.8mm long, pilose, anthers about 3.5mm long, spurs absent or inconspicuous, tubules 2-3 times long as thecae; Fruit berry, 10-pseudoloculed, red to dark purple, diameter 4-5mm.
  • Flower, Fruit : March-June
  • Distribution :
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Champhai district
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Assam to China (S. Yunnan, S. Guizhou, W. Guangxi) and Indo-China
  • Read more :
  • Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Vaccinium exaristatum
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Vaccinium exaristatum. Downloaded on 3 October 2026.

Distribution District wise

India Distribution

World Distribution
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