• Family : ERICACEAE
  (Heather Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : RHODODENDRON FAMILY (बुराँश फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : ERICACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved name
• Common name : Bilberry
• Vernacular name : Vollenangu (Kannada); Kalavu, Vanji (Tamil); Manalamaram (Malayalam)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Evergreen and shola forests
• Comments / notes : Occasional along streams above 1200m.
• Flower, Fruit : February-September
• Collector(s) Name : K. Sankara Rao, Arun Singh, Navendu Page & Raja K. Swamy
• Collection Date : 23/03/2016
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0588
• Collection Locality : Sanyasimalai, Yercaud Hills, Salem district (TN)
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Hassan district
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district
  • Tamil Nadu : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district), Yercaud Hills (Salem district)
• Native : India
• Endemism : South India
• World Distribution : India
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Vaccinium neilgherrense. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.

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