Family | Caprifoliaceae |
Scientific name | Lonicera morrowii A. Gray |
Synonyms | Caprifolium morrowii (A. Gray) Kuntze; Lonicera insularis Nakai; Lonicera morrowii A. Gray var. gamushiensis Hayashi; Xylosteon morrowii (A.G ray) Moldenke |
Common name | (Japanese common name) hyotan-boku (ヒョウタンボク, 瓢箪木 [meaning: hyotan tree (hyotan = Lagenaria siceraria var. gourda)]), kin-gin-boku (キンギンボク, 金銀木 [meaning: gold and silver tree]) |
(English common name) Morrow's honeysuckle | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku |
(Other nations) Korea | |
Habitat | Mountane forest, forest edge |
Chromosomal number | 2n=18 |
Description | Plants 1-3m tall. Leaves 2.5-5.5cm long. Flowers white to yellow corollas 1.5-1.7cm, flowering in April to June. Deciduous. Shrub. |
Reference | Lonicera morrowii A. Gray |
Lonicera morrowii A. Gray | |
Process for producing interferon inducers (US Patent 4469685/1984) | |
Shanzhuyo extract and uses thereof (WIPO Patent WO/2005/003145) | |
Note | Poisonous plants. |
May 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
May 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
May 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
May 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
May 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |