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Honeysuckles (Lonicera; syn. Caprifolium Mill.) are arching shrub
Shrub

A shrub or bush is a horticulture rather than strictly Botany category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 5-6 m tall....
s or twining vine
Vine

A vine is any plant of genus Grape or, by extension, any similar climbing or trailing plant. The word, derived from Latin vinea, referred to the grape-bearing variety....
s in the family Caprifoliaceae
Caprifoliaceae

The Caprifoliaceae or honeysuckle family is a clade consisting of about 800 dicotyledonous flowering plants, with a nearly cosmopolitan distribution; centres of diversity are found in eastern North America and eastern Asia, while they are absent in tropical and southern Africa....
, native to the Northern Hemisphere
Northern Hemisphere

The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planet that is north of the equator?the word sphere literally means 'half sphere'. It is also that half of the celestial sphere north of the celestial equator....
. There are about 180 species of honeysuckle, with by far the greatest diversity in China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
, where over 100 species occur; by comparison, Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
 and North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
 have only about 20 native species each. Widely known species include Lonicera periclymenum (European Honeysuckle or Woodbine), Lonicera japonica (Japanese Honeysuckle, White Honeysuckle, or Chinese Honeysuckle) and Lonicera sempervirens
Lonicera sempervirens

Lonicera sempervirens is a species of honeysuckle native to the eastern United States.It is an evergreen twining shrubby vine growing to several meters high through shrubs and young trees....
 (Coral Honeysuckle, Trumpet Honeysuckle, or Woodbine Honeysuckle).






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Honeysuckles (Lonicera; syn. Caprifolium Mill.) are arching shrub
Shrub

A shrub or bush is a horticulture rather than strictly Botany category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 5-6 m tall....
s or twining vine
Vine

A vine is any plant of genus Grape or, by extension, any similar climbing or trailing plant. The word, derived from Latin vinea, referred to the grape-bearing variety....
s in the family Caprifoliaceae
Caprifoliaceae

The Caprifoliaceae or honeysuckle family is a clade consisting of about 800 dicotyledonous flowering plants, with a nearly cosmopolitan distribution; centres of diversity are found in eastern North America and eastern Asia, while they are absent in tropical and southern Africa....
, native to the Northern Hemisphere
Northern Hemisphere

The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planet that is north of the equator?the word sphere literally means 'half sphere'. It is also that half of the celestial sphere north of the celestial equator....
. There are about 180 species of honeysuckle, with by far the greatest diversity in China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
, where over 100 species occur; by comparison, Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
 and North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
 have only about 20 native species each. Widely known species include Lonicera periclymenum (European Honeysuckle or Woodbine), Lonicera japonica (Japanese Honeysuckle, White Honeysuckle, or Chinese Honeysuckle) and Lonicera sempervirens
Lonicera sempervirens

Lonicera sempervirens is a species of honeysuckle native to the eastern United States.It is an evergreen twining shrubby vine growing to several meters high through shrubs and young trees....
 (Coral Honeysuckle, Trumpet Honeysuckle, or Woodbine Honeysuckle). Hummingbirds are attracted to these plants.

Honeysuckle W Y
The leaves
Leaf

In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant Organ specialized for photosynthesis. For this purpose, a leaf is typically flat and thin, to expose the cells containing chloroplast to light over a broad area, and to allow light to penetrate fully into the tissues....
 are opposite, simple oval, 1–10 cm long; most are deciduous
Deciduous

Deciduous means falling off at maturity or tending to fall off and is typically used in reference to trees or shrubs that lose their leaves seasonally and to the shedding of other plant structures such as petals after flowering or fruit when ripe....
 but some are evergreen
Evergreen

In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant having leaf all year round. This contrasts with deciduous plants, which completely lose their foliage for part of the year....
. Many of the species have sweetly-scented, bell-shaped flower
Flower

A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproduction structure found in flowering plants . The biological function of a flower is to mediate the union of male sperm with female ovum in order to produce seeds....
s that produce a sweet, edible nectar. Breaking of the Honeysuckle's stem will release this powerful sweet odor. The fruit
Fruit

The term fruit has different meanings dependent on context, and the term is not synonymous in food preparation and biology. In botany, which is the scientific study of plants, fruits are the ripened Ovary of flowering plants....
 is a red, blue or black berry
Berry

In everyday English, a berry is a broad term for any small edible fruit. Most berries are juicy, round or semi-oblong, brightly coloured, sweet or sour, and don't have a stone or pit....
 containing several seeds; in most species the berries are mildly poison
Poison

In the context of biology, poisons are Chemical substance that can cause disturbances to organisms, usually by chemical reaction or other activity on the molecular scale, when a sufficient quantity is absorbed by an organism....
ous, but a few (notably Lonicera caerulea
Lonicera caerulea

Lonicera caerulea is a honeysuckle native to throughout the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere.It is a deciduous shrub growing to 1.5-2 m tall....
) have edible berries. The plant is eaten by the larva
Larva

A larva is a young form of animal with indirect developmental biology, going through or undergoing metamorphosis .The larva can look completely different from the adult form, for example, a caterpillar differs from a butterfly....
e of some Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera is an order of insect that includes moths and butterfly. It is one of the most speciose orders in the class Insecta, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterfly, skipper , and Hedylidae....
 species - see list of Lepidoptera that feed on honeysuckles.

Cultivation and uses


Selected species

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  • Lonicera acuminata
  • Lonicera alberti
  • Lonicera albiflora – White Honeysuckle
  • Lonicera alpigena
    Lonicera alpigena

    Alpine Honeysuckle is a species of honeysuckle native to mountain forests of Central and Southern Europe, sometimes cultivated as ornamental plant outside its native range....
     – Alpine Honeysuckle
  • Lonicera altmannii
  • Lonicera angustifolia
  • Lonicera anisocalyx
  • Lonicera arborea
  • Lonicera arizonica – Arizona Honeysuckle
  • Lonicera biflora
  • Lonicera bournei
  • Lonicera brevisepala
  • Lonicera buchananii
  • Lonicera buddleioides
  • Lonicera caerulea
    Lonicera caerulea

    Lonicera caerulea is a honeysuckle native to throughout the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere.It is a deciduous shrub growing to 1.5-2 m tall....
     - Blue-berried Honeysuckle
  • Lonicera calcarata
  • Lonicera calvescens
  • Lonicera canadensis – American Fly Honeysuckle
  • Lonicera caprifolium – Perfoliate Honeysuckle
  • Lonicera carnosifolis
  • Lonicera chrysantha – Chrysantha Honeysuckle
  • Lonicera ciliosa
    Lonicera ciliosa

    Lonicera ciliosa is a honeysuckle native to forests of western North America. A deciduous shrub growing to 6 m tall with hollow twigs, the leaf are opposite, oval, 4-10 cm long with the last pair on each twig merged to form a disk....
     – Orange Honeysuckle
  • Lonicera ciliosissima
  • Lonicera cinerea
  • Lonicera codonantha
  • Lonicera confusa
  • Lonicera conjugialis – Purpleflower Honeysuckle
  • Lonicera crassifolia
  • Lonicera cyanocarpa
  • Lonicera dasystyla – Tonkinese Honeysuckle
  • Lonicera dioica – Limber Honeysuckle
  • Lonicera elisae
  • Lonicera etrusca – Etruscan honeysuckle
  • Lonicera fargesii
  • Lonicera ferdinandii
  • Lonicera ferruginea
  • Lonicera flava – Yellow Honeysuckle
  • Lonicera fragilis
  • Lonicera fragrantissima – Winter Honeysuckle
  • Lonicera fulvotomentosa
  • Lonicera glutinosa
  • Lonicera graebneri
  • Lonicera gynochlamydea
  • Lonicera hellenica – Greek Honeysuckle
  • Lonicera hemsleyana
  • Lonicera heterophylla
  • Lonicera hildebrandiana – Giant Burmese Honeysuckle
  • Lonicera hirsuta – Hairy Honeysuckle
  • Lonicera hispida
  • Lonicera hispidula
    Lonicera hispidula

    The perennial vine Lonicera hispidula is a species of honeysuckle known as pink honeysuckle and, less often, California honeysuckle....
     – Pink Honeysuckle
  • Lonicera humilis
  • Lonicera hypoglauca
  • Lonicera hypoleuca
  • Lonicera implexa –
  • Lonicera inconspicua
  • Lonicera inodora
  • Lonicera interrupta
    Lonicera interrupta

    Lonicera interrupta is a species of honeysuckle known by the common name chaparral honeysuckle. It is a hardy shrub with a woody trunk which sends up spike inflorescences of yellow honeysuckle flowers....
     – Chaparral Honeysuckle
  • Lonicera involucrata
    Lonicera involucrata

    Lonicera involucrata is a species of honeysuckle native to northern and western North America, from southern Alaska east across boreal Canada to Quebec, and south through the western United States to California, and to Chihuahua in northwestern Mexico....
     – Bearberry honeysuckle
  • Lonicera japonica – Japanese Honeysuckle
  • Lonicera jilongensis
  • Lonicera kansuensis
  • Lonicera kawakamii
  • Lonicera korolkowii – Blueleaf Honeysuckle
  • Lonicera lanceolata
  • Lonicera ligustrina
  • Lonicera litangensis
  • Lonicera longiflora
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  • Lonicera longituba
  • Lonicera maackii
    Lonicera maackii

    Lonicera maackii is a species of honeysuckle in the family Caprifoliaceae, native to temperate Asia in northern and western China , Mongolia, Japan , Korea, and southeastern Russia ....
     – Amur Honeysuckle
  • Lonicera macrantha
  • Lonicera macranthoides
  • Lonicera maximowiczii
  • Lonicera microphylla
  • Lonicera minuta
  • Lonicera minutifolia
  • Lonicera modesta
  • Lonicera morrowii – Morrows honeysuckle
  • Lonicera mucronata
  • Lonicera myrtillus
  • Lonicera nervosa
  • Lonicera nigra – Black-berried Honeysuckle
  • Lonicera nitida – Box or Boxleaf honeysuckle
  • Lonicera nubium
  • Lonicera nummulariifolia
  • Lonicera oblata
  • Lonicera oblongifolia – Swamp Fly Honeysuckle
  • Lonicera oiwakensis
  • Lonicera oreodoxa
  • Lonicera orientalis
  • Lonicera pampaninii
  • Lonicera periclymenum – Common (or European) honeysuckle, Woodbine
  • Lonicera pileata
    Lonicera pileata

    Lonicera pileata is a species of honeysuckle native to central and southwestern China.It is a low, ground-covering shrub growing to 1 m tall....
     – Privet honeysuckle
  • Lonicera pilosa - Mexican Honeysuckle
  • Lonicera praeflorens
  • Lonicera prostrata
  • Lonicera pyrenaica
  • Lonicera reticulata – Grape Honeysuckle
  • Lonicera retusa
  • Lonicera rhytidophylla
  • Lonicera rupicola
  • Lonicera ruprechtiana – Manchurian Honeysuckle
  • Lonicera saccata
  • Lonicera schneideriana
  • Lonicera semenovii
  • Lonicera sempervirens
    Lonicera sempervirens

    Lonicera sempervirens is a species of honeysuckle native to the eastern United States.It is an evergreen twining shrubby vine growing to several meters high through shrubs and young trees....
     – Trumpet Honeysuckle
  • Lonicera serreana
  • Lonicera setifera
  • Lonicera similis
  • Lonicera spinosa
  • Lonicera splendida - Evergreen Honeysuckle
  • Lonicera standishii – Standishs Honeysuckle
  • Lonicera stephanocarpa
  • Lonicera subaequalis
  • Lonicera subhispida
  • Lonicera sublabiata
  • Lonicera subspicata – Southern Honeysuckle
  • Lonicera szechuanica
  • Lonicera taipeiensis
  • Lonicera tangutica
  • Lonicera tatarica – Tartarian Honeysuckle
  • Lonicera tatarinowii
  • Lonicera tomentella
  • Lonicera tragophylla
  • Lonicera tricalysioides
  • Lonicera trichogyne
  • Lonicera trichosantha
  • Lonicera trichosepala
  • Lonicera tubuliflora
  • Lonicera utahensis – Utah Honeysuckle
  • Lonicera villosa – Mountain Fly Honeysuckle
  • Lonicera virgultorum
  • Lonicera webbiana
  • Lonicera xylosteum
    Lonicera xylosteum

    Lonicera xylosteum, commonly known as Fly honeysuckle, European Fly Honeysuckle, Dwarf Honeysuckle or Fly Woodbine is a deciduous shrub....
     – (European) Fly Honeysuckle, Dwarf Honeysuckle, Fly Woodbine
  • Lonicera yunnanensis


Honeysuckle in popular culture

  • The hazel
    Hazel

    The hazels are a genus of deciduous trees and large shrubs native to the temperate northern hemisphere. The genus is usually placed in the birch family Betulaceae, though some botanists split the hazels into a separate family Corylaceae.Hazel plants prefer a nice warm, mild,moist climate nothing more nothing less....
     and the honeysuckle signify the two fated lovers Tristan
    Tristan

    Sir Tristan is one of the main characters of the Tristan and Iseult story, a Cornwall hero and one of the Knights of the Round Table featuring in the Matter of Britain....
     and Isolde in Marie de France's "Chevrefoil
    Chevrefoil

    "Chevrefoil" is a Breton lai by the medieval poet Marie de France. The eleventh poem in the collection called The Lais of Marie de France, its subject is an episode from the romance of Tristan and Iseult....
    ."
  • In the book The Sound and the Fury
    The Sound and the Fury

    The Sound and the Fury is one of the most celebrated novels of the twentieth century, written by American author William Faulkner, which makes use of the Stream of consciousness writing narrative technique pioneered by European authors such as James Joyce and Virginia Woolf....
     by William Faulkner
    William Faulkner

    William Faulkner was a Nobel Prize in Literature-winning United States author. One of the most influential writers of the 20th century, his reputation is based on his novels, novellas and short story....
    , the smell of honeysuckle is mentioned often to imply sexual activity on the part of the character Caddy.
  • The British actress Honeysuckle Weeks
    Honeysuckle Weeks

    Honeysuckle Weeks is a British people actor, best known for her starring role as Samantha Stewart in the British TV series Foyle's War, since 2002....
     was named after the honeysuckle flowers, which were in bloom at the time of her birth.
  • Honeysuckle Rose
    Honeysuckle Rose (song)

    "Honeysuckle Rose" is a 1928 song composed by Fats Waller, with lyrics written by Andy Razaf.Fats Waller's 1934 recording was inducted in the List of Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients E-I in 1999....
     is a 1935 solo piano jazz
    Jazz

    Jazz is a primarily American musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
     tune by Fats Waller
    Fats Waller

    Fats Waller was an United States Jazz piano, organ , composer and comedy entertainer....
     and a 1980 Willie Nelson
    Willie Nelson

    Willie Hugh Nelson is an United States country music singer-songwriter author, poet and actor. He reached his greatest fame during the outlaw country movement of the 1970s, but remains Cultural icon, especially in American popular culture....
     film.
  • Honeysuckle is mentioned in Robert Frost's
    Robert Frost

    Robert Lee Frost was an American poet. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech....
     poem "To Earthward," as well as the O.A.R. song "Earthward" which quotes the poem.
  • Honeysuckle, or honeysuckle vine, is featured and repeated in the chorus of "Tin Cup Chalice" by Jimmy Buffett
    Jimmy Buffett

    James William "Jimmy" Buffett is a singer, songwriter, author, businessman, and recently a movie producer best known for his "island escapism" lifestyle and music including hits such as "Margaritaville" , and "Come Monday." He has a devoted base of Fan known as "Parrotheads." His band is called the Coral Reefer Band....
    .
  • The sweet taste of honeysuckle is mentioned in Little Big Town's
    Little Big Town

    Little Big Town is an American country music vocal group. Founded in 1998, the group has comprised the same four members since its inception: Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Roads Schlapman, Jimi Westbrook, and Phillip Sweet....
     song Boondocks
    Boondocks (song)

    "Boondocks" is a song released by United States country music group Little Big Town. It was the first single released from their 2005 album The Road to Here; in addition, it became their first Top 10 hit on the U.S....
    .


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