Lonicera leschenaultii
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Lonicera leschenaultii
Identify Lonicera leschenaultii by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climbing shrub habit.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Karnataka.
- Confirm it sits within the Caprifoliaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Lonicera leschenaultii.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Lonicera leschenaultii
- Genus
- Lonicera
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Typical of the Caprifoliaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Lonicera leschenaultii itself; the rest are typical of the Caprifoliaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Lonicera leschenaultii
A member of the Caprifoliaceae family, Lonicera leschenaultii is a climbing shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. It grows in dry deciduous forests. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Caprifoliaceae
Honeysuckle family
Lonicera leschenaultii belongs to the Caprifoliaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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