EPPO Global Database

Vaccinium bracteatum(VACBR)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: VACBR
  • Preferred name: Vaccinium bracteatum
  • Authority: Thunberg

Notes

Indochina, Malesia (Sumatra, Malaya, Java), China  (including Taiwan), Japan, Korea. Cultivated for its berries (to colour rice)


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Vaccinium chinense (Loddiges) Champion
Vaccinium malaccense Wight

Common names
Name Language
sea bilberry English
shashambo Japanese
シャシャンボ Japanese
вакциниум прицветниковый Russian
черника прицветниковая Russian
nán zhú Chinese
南烛 Chinese
kalumpadang Indonesian
모새나무 Korean
mo sae na mu Korean