Ericaceae

Sea bilberry

Vaccinium bracteatum Thunb.

Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Vaccinium

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Sea bilberry (Vaccinium bracteatum) — FruitPhoto: Moogoo Lee, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (7)

Chinese: 南烛, 米飯花, 乌饭叶, 乌饭子, 乌饭树, 南烛(乌饭树）, 南烛叶, 南烛子
English: Sea bilberry
Indonesian: Mentigi padang
Japanese: シャシャンボ, ナガバシャシャンボ、サシブノキ、ワクラハ、シャセンボ
Korean: 모새나무
lzh: 南燭
Thai: ทิ้งทวน

Synonyms

Agapetes acosta Dunal
Agapetes spicata (Lour.) S.Moore
Andromeda sinensis Steud.
Epigynium acosta (Dunal) Klotzsch
Epigynium malaccense (Wight) Klotzsch
Pieris divaricata H.Lév.
Pieris lucida H.Lév.
Pieris ovalifolia var. denticulata H.Lév.
Vaccinium bracteatum var. bracteatum
Vaccinium bracteatum var. longitubum Hayata
Vaccinium malaccense Wight

Flowers

In flower: April to August (from 23 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FruitPhoto: Moogoo Lee, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alpsdake, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Aaron Liston, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alpsdake, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: angryphyco, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alpsdake, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.