| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Vaccinium retusum (Griff.) Hook.f. ex C.B.Clarke |
| Bibliography | Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 3: 451 (1882) |
| Native Range | sc. China to Himalaya and n. Indo-China |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | shady rocks |
| Altitude | 1400-3600m |
| Description | leaves dense, elliptic or obovate, 2-3cm, coriaceous, glabrous, entire, margins cartilaginous, reflexed, raceme terminal, 3-5cm, flowers urceolate with 5 red stripes, 5mm |
| Size | 20-30cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | early summer |
| Ca | - |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring |
| Synonyms | Thibaudia retusa Griff. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (ASS Assam, EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar, VIE Vietnam) |