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Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) is a stoloniferous vine native to China North-Central, South-Central, Southeast, Japan, Korea, Manchuria, and Taiwan. Japanese Honeysuckle (Latin: Lonicera japonica) is an edible plant catalogued in PlantSage.
Japanese Honeysuckle is generally regarded as safe for culinary use when correctly identified and prepared. Avoid wild specimens from polluted ground and confirm species before harvest.
Japanese Honeysuckle is a member native to CHN, CHC, CHS, JAP, KOR, and CHM. Japanese Honeysuckle thrives in a variety of soils—light (sandy), medium, and heavy (clay)—with a preferred pH range of 4.9 to 8.3.
Japanese Honeysuckle grows best in USDA zone 4-10, 5/10 light, and dry, moist water. Detailed sowing, propagation, and care notes are on the full profile.
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