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Lonicera kawakamii, Yushan or Kawakami's honeysuckle, is a deciduous shrub endemic to Taiwan's high mountains, growing at 3000 to 3900 m. It is not in cultivation and is listed as Vulnerable, so it should be left in the wild.
Lonicera kawakamii, also known as Yushan honeysuckle or Kawakami’s honeysuckle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae. It is endemic to Taiwan, where it is found at altitudes between 3000 and 3900 meters. It as rated as “Vulnerable” in the “Red List of Vascular Plants of Taiwan, 2017”.
There is currently no artificial cultivation and the species was listed as “Vulnerable” in the “Red List of Vascular Plants of Taiwan, 2017.”
The habitat of Lonicera kawakamii is in high-altitude mountainous areas, distributed in the Central Mountain Range at an altitude of approximately 3000 to 3900 meters.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lonicera kawakamii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
