Lonicera hildebrandiana Collett & Hemsl.

Species

Angiosperms > Dipsacales > Caprifoliaceae > Lonicera

Characteristics

Climbers, evergreen to semievergreen, glabrous throughout. Branches solid, glabrous, sometimes with bristles. Winter buds with several pairs of broad, shortly acuminate scales. Petiole 1-2.5 cm; leaf blade elliptic to oblong, 7-15 × 4-7.5 cm, leathery, base broadly cuneate to rounded, sometimes slightly decurrent, apex acute to acuminate. Flowers fragrant, paired, axillary, toward apices of branchlets, sometimes shortly paniculate; peduncle 4-15 mm; bracts triangular, ca. 1.5 mm; bracteoles ovate-triangular, 0.5-1 mm. Neighboring 2 ovaries free. Calyx cupular; lobes triangular, 0.5-2 mm. Corolla bilabiate, white, becoming yellow and tinged with pink, 7.5-12 cm; tube 4.5-7 cm, ca. 4 mm in diam., not gibbous at base; upper lip 4-lobed, 2 lateral ones split to middle, middle ones only slightly lobed. Stamens and style exserted from corolla tube; filaments pubescent; anthers linear, 7-8 mm. Style and stamens shorter to equaling corolla, pubescent. Berries green, globose to pyriform, large, ca. 2.5 cm; seeds few, ca. 8 mm. Fl. Mar-Jul, fr. May-Aug.
Life form -
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 2.5 - 4.5
Mature height (meter) 6.0 - 10.0
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Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color
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Environment

Light 5-8
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

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
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
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Images

Lonicera hildebrandiana unspecified picture

Distribution

Lonicera hildebrandiana world distribution map, present in China, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:148823-1
WFO ID wfo-0001224347
COL ID 3VZ9B
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Lonicera hildebrandiana