Honeysuckle -- Lonicera japonica

Chinese Name: Lonicera japonica

[category]: Flowers

Wild honeysuckle flower

[alias]: Lonicera japonica Thunb., Lonicera japonica Thunb., Lonicera japonica Thunb.

[source]: Lonicera japonica DC. Is the flower bud of Lonicera japonica DC.

[picking and processing]: the same as honeysuckle.

[nature and taste]: the buds are rod-shaped, slightly curved and 1-3cm long. The surface is reddish brown or grayish brown, the lip is nearly equal to the crown, covered with short bristles, and the calyx tube is also densely covered with small grayish white or yellowish bristles. It is fragrant and slightly bitter.

[plant morphology]: woody vine, 2-4m long. The bark is yellowish brown and turns white gradually, with pubescence when tender. The leaves are opposite, oval to elliptic, 4-8cm long and 3.5-5cm wide, green on the top, with short sparse hairs on the main veins, gray white and dense white pubescence on the bottom; corolla tubular, 1.6-2cm long, slightly pilose, white at first, and yellow later. The flowering period is from June to September and the fruiting period is from October to November.

[growing place]: it grows by the stream, under the open forest or in the bush. Produced in Sichuan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Guizhou, Yunnan.

[chemical composition]: it contains volatile oil, including bisflower alcohol, chlorogenic acid, isochlorogenic acid, etc.

[function indications]: the same as honeysuckle.