Lonicera ciliosa
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Lonicera ciliosa, the orange honeysuckle or western trumpet honeysuckle is a honeysuckle native to forests of western North America.
Description
A deciduous shrub growing to Script error: No such module "convert". tall with hollow twigs, the leaves are opposite, oval, Script error: No such module "convert". long with the last pair on each twig merged to form a disk. The flowers are orange-yellow, Script error: No such module "convert". long, with five lobes and trumpet shaped; they are produced in whorls above the disk-leaf on the ends of shoots. The fruit is a translucent orange-red berry less than Script error: No such module "convert". diameter.[1][2]
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Edibility
The fruits are sometimes considered edible,[3][4] but may in fact be toxic.[5]
Medicinal uses
The orange honeysuckle was used as cold medicine, a contraceptive, a sedative and even as a tuberculosis remedy.[6]
In culture
The species was one of the many florae recorded during Lewis and Clark's expeditions beginning in 1804.[7]
References
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- ↑ U. of Washington Burke Museum: Lonicera ciliosa
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