Dear Jambey
Thank you for your collection of the above nice Vaccinium sp. I think You
traced the populations of this species from Sangri-La to just before Se-la
pass. My friend Dr. HUI TAG is the faculty of Botany in your University. Please
tell Dr. Hui Tag to call me/mail me (09433692951/e-mail: [email protected])
The Plantis: Vaccinium glaucoalbum Hook.f. ex C.B.Clarke in Hook.f., Flora of
British India 3: 453. 1882 ("glauco-album").
Family: Ericaceae
Distribution: India (Eastern Himalaya--Sikkim, Darjeeling of West Bengal &
Arunachal Pradesh); Eastern Nepal, Bhutan, SE China, N. Myanmar.
Regards
DR. SUBHASIS PANDA
Assistant Prof. of Botany
Angiosperm Taxonomy & Ecology Lab
Post-Graduate Deptt. of Botany
Darjeeling Govt. College
University of North Bengal
(Ex-Researc Fellow, Botanical Survey of India)
On Tuesday, 17 December 2013 2:15 PM, Jambey Tsering <[email protected]> wrote:
Please help me to identify the Vaccinium species given in the photo. The
descriptions are:
1. Genus : Vaccinium
2. Habit : Shrub
3. Height : 0.5 m epiphyte on rock; upto 2 m tall on soil+shade
4. Leaf : 3.5-4.5 cm x 2.5-3.5 cm
5. Fruit : Usually 10 in number, sometimes 11-12
6. Fruit size : 0.5-0.7 cm
7. Fruit properties: Edible, sour in taste
6. Location : Temerate forest of Tawang district (adjoining Bhutan),
Arunachal Pradesh, India (East Himalaya)
7. Altitude : 2500 m -2800 m
8. Associated species: Rhododendron, Berberis, Rubia, Swertia, etc.
Thank you!
Jambey Tsering
Ph.D. Scholar
Botany Department
Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar
Mob: 9436413659
email: [email protected]
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