Lonicera tomentella Hook.F. & Thomson

Downy honeysuckle (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Dipsacales > Caprifoliaceae > Lonicera

Characteristics

Shrubs, deciduous, to 4 m tall. Branches with solid pith. Winter buds with several obtuse scales. Young branches lanate or villous. Petiole 1-3 mm; leaf blade gray-green or glaucous abaxially, ovate to lanceolate, 1-4 × 0.6-1.5 cm, abaxially pubescent or rarely subglabrous, more densely pubescent on midvein, sometimes with scattered orange-red minute glands abaxially, base cuneate to slightly cordate, margin revolute, apex obtuse to acute. Inflorescences axillary, paired flowers; peduncle 1-14 mm; bracts leaflike, ovate to linear-oblong, to 8 mm, longer than ovaries; bracteoles ± fused and cupular, up to 1/2 as long as ovary, glabrous. Neighboring 2 ovaries fused to more than half or free, ca. 2.5 mm, glabrous and glaucous. Sepals ovate, less than 1 mm, apex obtuse. Corolla white, tinged purplish red, tubular-funnelform, outside glabrous or pubescent; tube ca. 8 mm, inside pubescent and glandular at base; glandular hairs in 5 regular lines; lobes orbicular-ovate, ca. 2.5 mm. Stamens inserted in upper part of corolla tube, unequal in length, not exserted. Ovary usually 3-locular; style as long as corolla tube; stigmas globose. Berry blue-black, with glaucous bloom, globose, ca. 6 mm in diam. Fl. Jun-Aug, fr. Sep.
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A shrub. It loses its leaves during the year. The leaves are 1-4 cm long by 1-2 cm wide. They are hairy underneath. The flowers are in pairs in the axils of leaves. The fruit are black when ripe. They are 6 mm across.
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Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 3.5 - 4.0
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Flower color
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in forests and scrub between 2,000-3,200 m above sea level in Tibet. In Yunnan.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

The fruit are eaten raw.
Uses -
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
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°) -29
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Distribution

Lonicera tomentella world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, and Nepal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:149143-1
WFO ID wfo-0001291182
COL ID 3VZHD
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Caprifolium tomentellum Lonicera tomentella Lonicera tomentella var. tomentella Lonicera tomentella var. conaensis

Lower taxons

Lonicera tomentella var. tsarongensis