Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Dipsacales > Caprifoliaceae > Leycesteria > Leycesteria formosaLeycesteria formosa (Himalayan honeysuckle)Synonyms: Hamelia connata (homotypic); Leycesteria formosa var. brachysepala; Leycesteria formosa var. formosa; Leycesteria formosa var. glandulosissima; Leycesteria formosa var. stenosepala; Leycesteria limprichtii Leycesteria formosa (Himalayan honeysuckle, flowering nutmeg, Himalaya nutmeg or pheasant berry) is a deciduous shrub in the family Caprifoliaceae, native to the Himalaya and southwestern China. It is considered a noxious invasive species in Australia, New Zealand, the neighboring islands of Micronesia, and some other places. The generic name was coined by Nathaniel Wallich, director of the Calcutta Botanic Garden in honor of his friend William Leycester, a judge in the native court in Bengal |
Edible [1] | May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details. | Flower Type [1] | Hermaphrodite | Leaf Type [1] | Deciduous | Lifespan [2] | Perennial | Pollinators [1] | Insects, Lepidoptera | Scent [1] | The flowers are delicately scented. | Structure [1] | Shrub | Usage [1] | The hollow stems can be made into whistles and flutes; |  | Height [1] | 8.2 feet (2.5 m) | Width [1] | 8.2 feet (2.5 m) |  | Light Preference [2] | Mixed Sun/Shade | Soil Acidity [2] | Neutral | Soil Fertility [2] | Intermediate | Soil Moisture [2] | Moist | View Plants For A Future Record : Leycesteria formosa |
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Area acres |
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Species |
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Avon Gorge Woodlands |
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376 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Braunton Burrows |
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3328 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Burnham Beeches |
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946 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries/ Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd |
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163340 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Dartmoor |
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57244 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Dorset Heaths |
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14161 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Dorset Heaths (Purbeck and Wareham) and Studland Dunes |
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5491 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Eryri/ Snowdonia |
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48773 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Exmoor Heaths |
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26455 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Loch Moidart and Loch Shiel Woods |
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4341 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Lochs Duich, Long and Alsh Reefs |
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5883 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Lyme Bay and Torbay |
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77215 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Morecambe Bay |
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151985 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Pembrokeshire Marine/ Sir Benfro Forol |
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341177 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Pen Llyn a`r Sarnau/ Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau |
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360832 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Pevensey Levels |
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8860 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Sefton Coast |
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11278 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Solent Maritime |
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27985 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Solway Firth |
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107829 |
England/Scotland, United Kingdom |
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South Wight Maritime |
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49082 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Start Point to Plymouth Sound & Eddystone |
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84204 |
England, United Kingdom |
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The New Forest |
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72309 |
England, United Kingdom |
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The Wash and North Norfolk Coast |
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266284 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Thursley, Ash, Pirbright and Chobham |
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12696 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Y Fenai a Bae Conwy/ Menai Strait and Conwy Bay |
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65440 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License♦ 2PLANTATT - Attributes of British and Irish Plants: Status, Size, Life History, Geography and Habitats, M. O. Hill, C. D. Preston & D. B. Roy, Biological Records Centre, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (2004) ♦ 3FLESHY FRUITS OF INDIGENOUS AND ADVENTIVE PLANTS IN THE DIET OF BIRDS IN FOREST REMNANTS, NELSON, NEW ZEALAND, PETER A. WILLIAMS and BRIAN J. KARL, New Zealand Journal of Ecology (1996) 20(2): 127-145 ♦ 4New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ database♦ 5Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants♦ 6Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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