Comarostaphylis arbutoides Lindl.

Comarostaphylis arbutoides Lindl. Bot. Reg. 29: pL 30. 1843
Arctostaphylos arbutoides Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Am. Bot. 2: 278. 1881.
A shrub with finely reddish-tomentulose twigs ; leaf -blades oblong or elliptic, or sometimes broadest above the middle, 5-9 cm. long, thick, acute or mucronate, glabrous above, at least in age, thinly reddish-tomentulose beneath, gradually or abruptly narrowed at the base, shortpetioled; panicles loosely flowered, the rachis and pedicels red-tomentulose ; calyx 4r-5 mm. wide, the lobes triangularovate to triangular-lanceolate, acute or slightly acuminate, finely tomentulose; corolla 6-7 mm. long; stamens about 3 mm. long, the filaments copiously villous; drupes not seen.
Type locality: Quezalte ango, Guatemala, grown from seeds in garden of Horticultural
Society, London.
Distribution: Guatemala and Panama.

Comarostaphylis arbutoides is a species of shrub in the heath family. Its range extends from central Mexico south to Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and western Panama. It is found in oak and pine forests in mountainous locations, and on the summits of Central American volcanoes, at elevations from 1,350 to 3,800 m (4,430 to 12,470 ft). There are two subspecies: arbutoides, distinguished by the presence of a rust-colored tomentum on the leaf underside, and costaricensis which lacks the tomentum.

Comarostaphylis arbutoides là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Thạch nam. Loài này được Lindl. mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1843.