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Lonicera japonica
Lonicera japonica
Lonicera japonica

Wikipedia description

Lonicera japonica, known as golden-and-silver honeysuckle or Japanese honeysuckle in English, suikazura (スイカズラ/吸い葛 or 忍冬) in Japanese, jinyinhua (金银花) or rendongteng (忍冬藤) in Chinese, indongdeonggul (인동덩굴) in Korean, and kim ngân hoa in Vietnamese, is a species of honeysuckle native to eastern Asia including China, Japan and Korea. It is a twining vine able to climb up to 10 m (33 ft) high or more in trees, with opposite, simple oval leaves 3–8 cm (1.2–3.1 in) long and 2–3 cm (0.79–1.18 in) broad. The flowers are double-tongued, opening white and fading to yellow, and sweetly vanilla scented. The fruit is a black spherical berry 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) diameter containing a few seeds.

It is an invasive species in a number of countries.

Scientific classification

Clade: Core Eudicots/Asterids
Order: Dipsacales
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Species: Lonicera japonica

Samples

Sample nameSample codeTissueRNA extractorSample providerBLASTSRA dataAssembly data
GSZA-Lonicera_japonicaGSZAyoung leaves (some floral buds)D. SoltisD. Soltis