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Shrub with twining stems (in ours). Leaves simple. Flowers zygomorphic, in axillary pedunculate pairs. Corolla 2-lipped. Fruit a berry. Derivation of name: after Adam Lonicer or Lonitzer, 1528-1586, German physician and naturalist. Worldwide: 180 species, northern hemisphere to Mexico and the Philippines Mozambique: 2 cultivated taxa. |
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japonica Thunb. ex Murray | Description, Image |
sempervirens L. |
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