Lonicera calcarata Hemsl.

Species

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Characteristics

Climbers, glabrous throughout. Branches becoming hollow. Winter buds with several pairs of broad scales. Accessory buds often present. Petiole 1-2 cm; leaf blade ovate or elliptic to oblong, 8-13 × 2.5-8 cm, leathery, base rounded to broadly cuneate, apex acuminate. Inflorescence axillary paired flowers; peduncle erect, 1.7-3 cm; bracts leaflike, ovate to orbicular-ovate, 1.5-2.5 cm; bracteoles fused in 2 pairs, apex rounded or retuse. Neighboring 2 ovaries fused to more than half. Calyx minute. Corolla bilabiate, white at first, later yellow to orange-red, ca. 3 cm; tube ca. 10 mm, funnelform, spurred toward base, spur ca. 12 mm, curved forward and often hidden within bracts; upper lip erect, 4-lobed, lobes unequal in shape to 8 mm; lower lip recurved. Stamens and style exserted from corolla tube; filaments and style pubescent in lower half; stigmas globose and lobed. Ovaries 5-locular. Berries yellow to red, ca. 1.5 cm in diam., subtended by persistent bracts; seeds numerous, compressed, with 2 grooves on concave side, margin thickened. Fl. May, fr. Jun-Jul.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature width (meter) 2.5 - 4.0
Mature height (meter) 4.0 - 7.0
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Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
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Germination treatment stratification
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Distribution

Lonicera calcarata world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:148659-1
WFO ID wfo-0001224322
COL ID 3VZ4W
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Lonicera calcarata