Dear sir, Is this climber a native of East-asiatic region? (as the name Japanese suggests)
Earlier discussion of this same plant: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/3c1ebecff0ae3597/9aa5ef66c000164f?lnk=gst&q=Lonicera#9aa5ef66c000164f <http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/3c1ebecff0ae3597/9aa5ef66c000164f?lnk=gst&q=Lonicera#9aa5ef66c000164f> On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 10:19 AM, mani nair <mani.na...@gmail.com> wrote: > Gurcharan ji, nice photos of the flowers. Hope you kept some flowers for > the sunbirds ! > lol > > Regards, > > Mani. > > > On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 9:50 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Lonicera japonica Thunb. from Kashmir, a very common woody climber in >> Kashmir often grown to cower house-walls are compound-walls. We used to >> enjoy sucking nectar from back of the pinched flower. >> >> Common names >> English: Japanese honeysuckle >> Lushai: Leihruisen >> Chinese: Jin yin hua, Ren dong >> French: Clématite du Japon >> German: japanisches Geißblatt >> Japanese: Nindo, suikazura >> Spanish: madreselva >> >> Medicinal, dried flowers diuretic and rich in carotenoids. Browsing by >> cattle provides emmergency green roughage. >> >> >> -- >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> > -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust Chennai - 61 www.careearthtrust.org
