Lonicera acuminata (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Lonicera acuminata Wallich
- Family: Caprifoliaceae
Synonyms
Lonicera philippinensis Merr.
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: ki seroh (Sumatra)
- Philippines: bualtik (Benguet).
Distribution
From eastern India to Indo-China, southern China, Taiwan and western Malesia (Sumatra, Java, Bali and Luzon in the Philippines).
Uses
In the Philippines the stem is used for tying fences.
Observations
A liana or scrambling shrub, with patently hirsute twigs. Leaves decussately opposite, simple, ovate-oblong to lanceolate, 3-8 cm × 1.5-4 cm; petiole up to 1 cm long. Inflorescence a cyme, near the twig-ends; flowers bisexual, zygomorphous, 5-merous; calyx with ciliate lobes; corolla 2-lipped, 2-2.5 cm long, sulphureous; stamens 5; ovary inferior, style filiform. Fruit a black berry, few-seeded. L. acuminata occurs in forest borders, thickets and mossy forest in the mountains, at 1800-3300 m altitude.
Selected sources
6, 19, 47, 115.
Authors
M. Brink, P.C.M. Jansen & C.H. Bosch
