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Lonicera macrantha

Botanic Family

Caprifoliaceae

Author

(D. Don) Sprengel

Common Names

• Ban Juhi (Nepali)
• Da hua ren dong (Pinyin)
• Gawngkyeng (Myanmar)

Geographical Habitats

• India
• S Anhui
• Fujian
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hainan
• Hubei
• Hunan
• Jiangxi
• Sichuan
• Taiwan
• Xizang
• Yunnan
• S. Zhejiang
• Hong Kong-China
• Myanmar
• Bhutan
• Nepal
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Fruit edible. Likes shade Forests
• scrubland
• montane forests

Flowering Times

• Feb to Apr Apr-Jun (China)

Fruiting Times

• Jun-Aug (China)

Semi-evergreen or deciduous woody glabrous twiner with pubescent stems, axillary & terminal fragrant paired white flowers to 90mm aging yellow, hairy inflorescence, bracts to 4mm, villous calyx to 2mm, villous corolla to 60mm with tube to 40mm & lobes to 20mm, fruit white or black to 12mm diameter x 7mm, leaves villous beneath, glabrous or hairy above to 80mm x 50mm

Further References

• Herklots 1976
• Manandhar 2002
• Mobot
• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• JAA