Not Lonicera japonica in which the flowers occur in axillary pairs. This one should be yellow form of L. periclymenum or some other species.
-- 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/ On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 4:12 PM, nalini bhat <nalin...@web.de> wrote: > Hallo, > here some Fotos from Ritterhude, growing along the roadside. It is > Lonicera, but japonica, i don't know. > Geißblatt varieties are very much visited by bats. > My other two from my garden I shall send in separate mails. > Regards > Nalini > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> > *To:* efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > *Sent:* Thursday, August 12, 2010 6:20 AM > *Subject:* [efloraofindia:44136] Lonicera japonica from Kashmir > > 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/ > >
