Vaccinium sciaphilum C. Y. Wu

Shrubs evergreen, usually epiphytic, 0.5–0.6 cm tall. Roots with beadlike swellings. Twigs terete, densely pubescent, glabrescent; bud scales caducous. Leaves dense; petiole ca. 2 mm, pubescent; leaf blade obovate, elliptic, or broadly ovate, 1.3–2 × 0.6–1(–1.4) cm, leathery, abaxially sparsely brown glandular hispid, adaxially glabrous, secondary veins 2 or 3 pairs from basal half, fine veins inconspicuous, base cuneate to broadly cuneate, margin revolute, entire, with 1 basal gland per side, apex rounded, emarginate. Flowers solitary or sometimes 2 together; bracts unknown. Pedicel ca. 3 mm, densely pubescent. Hypanthium densely hispid; calyx lobes triangular-ovate, ca. 2 mm, densely pubescent. Corolla greenish purple, broadly campanulate, ca. 5 mm, glabrous, lobed to middle; lobes reflexed at apex, oblong. Filaments ca. 1 mm, glabrous; anthers ca. 1.5 mm, with 2 subspreading spurs; tubules ca. as long as thecae. Berry 5–6 mm in diam., pubescent. Fl. May, fr. Sep–Nov.

SC and SE Yunnan.

Evergreen forests, usually epiphytic on trees; 1700–2200 (–2800) m.

Vaccinium sciaphilum là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Thạch nam. Loài này được C.Y. Wu miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1987.

林生越桔（学名：Vaccinium sciaphilum）为杜鹃花科越桔属下的一个种。