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Lonicera japonica
Lonicera japonica
- Botanic Family
- Caprifoliaceae
- Author
- Thunberg
- Propagation
- C.
- Cultivated
- C, ornamental with cultivars
Common Names
- Japanese Honeysuckle
- Gold-and-silver Flower
- Honekakala (Hawaiian)
- Ren dong (Pinyin)
- Madreselva (Ecuador)
- Sui-kazura (Japan)
- Nindō (Japan)
- Teri-ha-nindō (Japan)
- Kim Ngam or Day Nhan Dong (Vietnamese)
Geographical Habitats
- Anhui
- Fujian
- Gansu
- Guangdong
- Guangxi
- Guizhou
- Hebei
- Henan
- Hubei
- Hunan
- Jiangsu
- Jiangxi
- Jilin
- Liaoning
- Shaanxi
- Shandong
- Shanxi
- Sichuan
- Taiwan
- Yunnan
- Zhejiang - China
- Hokkaido
- Honshu
- Kyushu
- Shikoku - Japan
- Korea
- Manchuria
- Vietnam
Natural Habitats
- Scrubland
- montane forest
- disturbed areas
- hill & montane thickets.
Flowering Times
- Spring-Summer or autumn Apr-Jun (China)
- Jul-Sep
- May-Jun (Japan)
Fruiting Times
Scandent evergreen or semi-evergreen vigorous hairy twining woody shrub, pubescent stems becoming glabrescent. Glabrous mucronate leaves except for some hairs on mid-vein to 80mm x 40mm. Fragrant paired axillary or terminal cymes, bracts to 25mm, 60mm white to yellow flowers with purple tinge, turning yellowish, 5 sepals to 1.5mm, bilobed white corolla to 25mm long, red & villous on outside, white inside, sweet-scented, lobes to 18mm with 4 teeth. Globose blue-black berries to 7mm diameter, .
Further References
- Rehder 1934
- Bean 1950
- Menninger 1970
- Bailey 1976
- Herklots 1976
- Krussmann 1976
- van der Spuy 1976
- Jones & Gray 1977
- Huxley 1992
- Nicholls 1995
- FONZ
- FOH
- RHS A-Z
- GWC 1997
- FOC
- Llamas 2003
- Bodkin
- The Plant List 2
- VOPR
- Botanicus
- F Indochine
- FOJ