Lonicera acuminata

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Lonicera acuminata
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What to Eat

Edible parts: Flowers

The flowers are edible.

Where to Find It

It is a subtropical plant. It grows in forests and scrub between 100-3,200 m above sea level. In Sichuan and Yunnan.

Asia, Bhutan, China, Himalayas, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, SE Asia, Taiwan, Tibet,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

How to Identify

A climber. The branches usually become hollow. They have stiff, yellow-brown hairs. The leaves can be in rings of 3. The leaves are 3-13 cm long by 2-5 cm wide. The flowers occur in pairs in the axils of leaves near the ends of the branches. They are white tinged with red and can have yellow or orange.

Wikipedia

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Lonicera acuminata, commonly known as fragrant grove honeysuckle or vine honeysuckle, is a plant species of honeysuckle native to China, Southeast Asia and India.

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