Uva-da-serra, uveira (Vaccinium padifolium)

Shrub, up to 6 m tall, woody, highly branched, with many leaves. Leaves are lanceolate, 2.5-7 cm long and 1-2.5 cm wide, margins dentate-serrate, dark green and slightly rough to the touch. Flowers are bell-shaped, axillary in small clusters, greenish yellow with reddish tinges. Fruits are subglobose berries, around 1 cm across, purple or bluish-black when ripe. They are edible and used to make jam. This endemic of Madeira is relegated to the main island, where it is extremely abundant and characteristic of a type of vegetation found above the evergreen forest, comprising species of the genus Erica (heather and yew) and Myrica faya, among others. Its range is from 800-1,700 m altitude and therefore encompasses the highest peaks in the archipelago.