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Vaccinium modestum W.W.Sm.  
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FamilyERICACEAE
Genus speciesVaccinium modestum W.W.Sm. 
BibliographyNotes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 8: 210 (1914)
Native RangeChina to Assam and n. Myanmar
Primary BiomeSubalpine
Habitatgrassland
Altitude2500-4300m
Descriptionleaves at apex of branchlets, ovate to obovate, shiny green, abaxially bluish, flowers solitary, axillary, flattened, berry spherical, bluish violet
Size5-10cm
Colordark pink
Bloomearly summer
Ca-
Typesubshrub
Cultivationhumous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C
cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet)
4 Asia-Tropical
     40 Indian Subcontinent (ASS Assam, EHM East Himalaya)
     41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar)
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