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Leycesteria formosa - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Botanical Garden Hohenheim, Germany; 9/2007 © Jörn Germer

Leycesteria formosa - Upper leaf surface - Click to enlarge!

Upper leaf surface; Botanical Garden Hohenheim, Germany; 9/2007 © Jörn Germer

Leycesteria formosa - Lower leaf surface - Click to enlarge!

Lower leaf surface; Botanical Garden Hohenheim, Germany; 9/2007 © Jörn Germer

Leycesteria formosa - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Botanical Garden Hohenheim, Germany; 9/2007 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 667
Date of entry: 15.10.2007
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Himalayan honeysuckle

German: Schöne Leycesterie

Mandarin: 鬼吹箫 (gui chui xiao)

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      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

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