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Lonicera maackii
Also called Bush Honeysuckle, Maack's Honeysuckle
Amur honeysuckle is a large deciduous shrub, sometimes grown as a small tree, from eastern Asia that is grown for its fragrant spring flowers and berries. It is widely planted but is a serious invasive weed in the eastern United States, so check local rules before planting.
Lonicera maackii, the Amur honeysuckle, is a species of honeysuckle in the family Caprifoliaceae that is native to temperate eastern Asia; specifically in northern and western China south to Yunnan, Mongolia, Primorsky Krai in southeastern Siberia, Korea, and, albeit rare there, central and northern Honshū, Japan.
Lonicera maackii is a listed endangered species in Japan. It has escaped from cultivation and naturalized in New Zealand and the eastern United States; in the woodlands of the U.S. it is a significant invasive species.
L. maackii produces various secondary metabolites to deter insect herbivory. Cipollini et al. found seasonal variation in the levels of chlorogenic acid, apigenin, apigenin-7-glucoside, luteolin and luteolin-7-glucoside, and confirm their deterrent effect.
Fragrant Grove Honeysuckle · Sweetberry honeysuckle · Etruscan honeysuckle · Honeysuckle · Lonicera hildebrandiana · Pink honeysuckle · Japanese honeysuckle · Morrow's honeysuckle · Box honeysuckle · European honeysuckle · Lonicera × purpusii · Trumpet honeysuckle
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lonicera maackii 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.
