Line engraving by Gerald Sibelius, after
Sydney Parkinson (1769).

Plate 618

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Banks Florilegium, Part 29, Plate 618

Vaccineum cereum (Ericaceae)

Line engraving by Gerald Sibelius, after Sydney Parkinson (1769).

Joseph Banks and his party saw this species at:
Otaheite, Society Islands (13 April-1 June and 4 June-13 July 1769)

This small shrub and its close relatives are found on most of the higher islands
in eastern Polynesia. The older branchlets have dark red fruits, while the
younger ones have paler leaves and white flowers.


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