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); / China (NW-Guangxi, Guizhou, SW-Hubei, NW-Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan), India, Nepal, N-Myanmar [Burma], Bhutan as per Catalogue of Life; . 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) . Location: Godawari, Nepal Date: 18 April 2018 Altitude: 5000 ft. Habit: Wild Pl. check /species/m—z/n/nyctaginaceae 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 To me also appear close to Lonicera ligustrina as per the following:
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 Pl. check with Lonicera ligustrina Wall., as suggested by …, as per the following: To me appears close. .
Location: Godam, Chandragiri, Lalitpur Date: 16 September 2022 Altitude: 1768m. Habitat : Wild Image quality not good ! Try Lonicera. Lonicera ligustrina Wall. ?? Yes, appears close as per images and references at Lonicera ligustrina . Let me begin by introducing myself, I am …, I’m a landscape architect based in Pune. I am currently, independently documenting certain plants and may publish this in the form of a book; I was keen to know if you would permit the use of a few of your plant photos, for my work, with due photo credits, I have seen your entries on the eflora website. I have asked Garg ji for permission for a few of his pictures as well, and hence have copied him to this mail. Do kindly let me know, your permission would help me take my work forward I’m looking for permission for one picture of Lonicera ligustrina OK … Please go ahead.
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Lonicera ligustrina
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