Madeira blueberry or Uva-de-serra (Vaccinium padifolium ) is very common at elevations between . It grows mainly in crevices and exposed slopes and mountain plains. Fruits are used in preserves. It is endemic to the islands of Madeira and Porto Santo, Portugal.
It is a semi-evergreen scrub to small tree 1.5âÂÂ6 m tall. New branches are generally reddish and pubescent. Leaves are often flushed dark red in autumn 2.5âÂÂ7 à1âÂÂ2(2.5) cm, oblong to elliptic, acute to acuminate, petiole short, pubescent. Calyx 3âÂÂ4 mm, with five short, broad lobes up to 1.5 mm. Flowers on curved pedicels in erect, axillary, bracteate racemes. Corolla, 7âÂÂ10 mm, globose to campanulate, the lobes very short. There are often five broad rose stripes on the white corolla. Berries up to 12 à10 mm, ripening blue-black.
The blue color of the berries is due to anthocyanins (Delphinidin 3-O-ñ-rhamnoside and anthocyanins triglycosides).