Vaccinium hainanense Sleumer

Shrubs evergreen, glabrous. Twigs terete, slightly angled; bud scales inconspicuous. Leaves scattered; petiole 6–8 mm; leaf blade oblong-elliptic or obovate, 4–6 × 2–3 cm, leathery, secondary veins 5 or 6 pairs, secondary and fine veins abaxially raised, adaxially flat, base cuneate-attenuate, slightly decurrent, margin plane, entire, without basal glands, apex obtuse or abruptly obtuse-acute. Inflorescences racemose, 4–6 cm, angled, many flowered; bracts unknown. Pedicel 2.5–5 mm. Flower unknown. Berry 10-pseudoloculed, red, globose, ca. 5 mm in diam. Fr. Jun–Oct.

Forests on mountain summits. NE Hainan (Ding’an).