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Common name

English: Himalayan honeysuckle

German: Schöne Leycesterie

Mandarin: 鬼吹箫 (gui chui xiao)

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Dipsacales (35)

        Family: Caprifoliaceae (22)(family description)

          Genus: Leycesteria (1)

            Epithet: formosa Wallich (1)

formosa => beautiful

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub

External links

Check for Leycesteria formosa at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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