Common name: Narrow-Leaf Honeysuckle • Nepali: जिब्सी Gibsi
Botanical name:Lonicera angustifoliaFamily:Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle family) Synonyms: Lonicera angustifolia var. angustifolia
Narrow-Leaf Honeysuckle is an erect shrub up to 4 m,
with lanceshaped leaves which are very pale beneath, and with paired
white flowers tinged with pink. Flower-pairs are borne on a slender
stalk from the leaf-axils. Flowers are scented, up to 1.2 cm,
tubular-bell-shaped, hairy or not, lobes short rounded. Sepals are
calyx-lobes triangular; flower-stalk usually more than 1 cm. Leaves
hairy beneath. 2.5-4 cm, short-stalked. Fruit red, globular, fused,
edible. Narrow-Leaf Honeysuckle is found in the Himalayas, from Kashmir
to Bhutan, Assam, Tibet, at altitudes of 2400-3800 m. Flowering:
May-June.
Identification credit: Tabish
Photographed at Surkanda Devi, Dhanaulti, Uttarakhand.
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