What kind of plant is honeysuckle?

Honeysuckle. It is a perennial evergreen twining shrub of Lonicera. Loniceraceae, also known as Lonicera japonica Thunb and Lonicera japonica Thunb.

Lonicera belongs to Caprifoliaceae (Caprifoliaceae ), a new classification system (Theisetal, 2008; Nakajietal, 20 15) thinks that there are about 143 species in the world and 67 species in China.

It is distributed between 65 and-15 north latitude, widely distributed in temperate and subtropical regions of the northern hemisphere, with Himalayan region and southwest China as hot spots. The genus has experienced five main classification systems so far, among which the classification system published by Rehder in 1903 is the most classic. It is generally believed that Lonicera is divided into two classical classification systems: Lonicera and Sunflower.

According to the latest classification system, 67 species of Lonicera from China are divided into 2 subgenera, 12 group, which are widely distributed all over the country, with the largest number in southwest China.

The value of honeysuckle

Honeysuckle. It has other remarkable characteristics except flower discoloration, such as opposite leaves, and the fruit grows at the root of the leaves. The flowering period is in May and June every year. After the flowers wither, the fruit is born.

Its fruit is also very distinctive, bright red, and the colder the weather, the redder the color. As soon as the sun shines, it is red and beautiful. The ripe season of honeysuckle fruit is also a happy time for many birds. Especially the Taiping bird, especially likes to eat the red fruit of honeysuckle.