Lonicera caerulea var. edulis
Turcz. ex Herder
Edible honeysuckle
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is edible.
Where to Find It
It is a cool temperate plant. It suits hardiness zone 3.
Asia, Britain, Canada, China, Czech, Europe, Japan, Korea, Lithuania, North America, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine, USA,
How to Identify
A cool temperate shrub in the Caprifoliaceae family (edible honeysuckle) suited to hardiness zone 3.
Medicinal Uses
Over centuries in East Asian countries, Lonicera caerulea has been used for supposed therapeutic applications in traditional medicine.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Lonicera caerulea, commonly known as honeyberry or by various honeysuckle names, is a non-climbing honeysuckle native throughout the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere regions of North America, Europe, and Asia. The plant or its fruit has also come to be called haskap, derived from its name in the language of the native Ainu people of Hokkaido, Japan.
Names & Synonyms
References (6)
- GBIF
- Heywood, V.H., Brummitt, R.K., Culham, A., and Seberg, O. 2007, Flowering Plant Families of the World. Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. p 87
- Jackes, D. A., Edible Forest Gardens
- Jurikova, T., et al, 2012, Phenolic Profile of Edible Honeysuckle Berries (Genus Lonicera) and Their Biological Effects. Molecules, 2012, 17:61-79 (As Lonicera edulis)
- Oesterr. Bot. Z. 52:111. 1902 (Turczaninow, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 18(1,2):306. 1845, pro syn.)
- Wiersema, J. H. & Leon, B., 2013, World Economic Plants. A Standard Reference CRC Press. 2nd Ed. p 413
