Lonicera ligustrina

Lonicera ligustrina Wall., Fl. Ind., ed. 1820 2: 179–180 1824. (syn: Caprifolium ligustrinum (Wall.) Kuntze; Lonicera missionis Leveille; Lonicera wightianum Wall.; Xylosteum ligustrinum (Wall.) D. Don; Xylosteum naisoca Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don);
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China (NW-Guangxi, Guizhou, SW-Hubei, NW-Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan), India, Nepal, N-Myanmar [Burma], Bhutan as per Catalogue of Life;
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An erect shrub about 5-15 ft tall. Stem brownish grey, young branchlets with hairs. Leaves opposite, lanceolate-elliptical, 1-6 x 1-2.5 cm across, sometimes leaves in first pair are variable, which are smaller and ovate, shining, glabrous or hairy above and hairy beneath, mid vein more prominent below, 4-12 lateral veins on either side of the midvein, veinlets reticulate, base rounded, margin entire to slightly undulate, apex acuminate, petiole about 1-2 mm long. Flowers in short pubescent, peduncled pairs, zygomorphic, bracts glabrous about 3-4 mm long, bracteoles copular, paired flowers 2 calyx tubes separate, lobes ovate, Calyx limb tubular, margin irregular, Corolla shortly elongate and gibbous at the base, 5 lobed. Corolla tube narrow funnel shaped, base very gibbous, slightly pubescent, lobes about 0.5 cm obtuse, yellowish white in color. Stamens 5, anthers bilobed. Style exserted as long as corolla, hairy, 3-fid at the extremity. Ovaries free or half-coalescent in bud; fruits berry usually confluent into a single small spherical fruit, purplish-red, black when ripe, juicy, about 4-5 mm in diameter, supported by boat shaped membranous bracteoles. Seeds brown, ovoid.

Evergreen forests up to 4,000 to 7,000 ft.
Asia: Bhutan, China, India: Assam, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, Myanmar, Nepal.
(Attributions- Ganeshaiah, K. N., UAS, Bangalore, India & Kailash, B. R., UAS & ATREE, Bangalore, India from India Biodiversity Portal)
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SK1097 20 APR-2018 : 17 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (8)

Location:  Godawari, Nepal  
Date: 18 April 2018
Altitude: 5000 ft.
Habit: Wild 
Thank you …! But no match !
Some Lonicera?
I think you have rightly pointed.

Must be some Lonicera sp.

Caprifoliaceae…..Lonicera spp….kindly inform me too about the species

Thank you … for the hint!

Lonicera ligustrina Wall.
Nepali Name : मसिनो कनिके  Masino Kanike
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Request ID of shrub from Meghalaya : 8 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (5)
Location: Meghalaya
Altitude: possibly about 1600m asl
Season: Flowering: April
Habit: Shrub

Looks like Lonicera sp.

not sure. cant make out the details of this light colored flower. superficially as i see it now. structure does not remind me of any honeysuckle family i know. i must say the venation is quite unique in the leaf

Lonicera ligustrina Wall.  ??

Thank you … I think Lonicera may be the genus!! Will go and have a good look some time next week.

Pl. check comparative images at Lonicera

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SK 3638 18 September 2022: 6 high res. images.

Location: Godam, Chandragiri, Lalitpur
Date: 16 September 2022
Altitude: 1768m.
Habitat : Wild
Image quality not good !

Try Lonicera.

Lonicera ligustrina Wall. ??
https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/IfBgAJ ??

Yes, appears close as per images and references at Lonicera ligustrina