Lonicera tomentella
Hook. f & Thomson
Tuktser
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Description
A shrub. It grows 4 m tall. It loses its leaves during the year. The leaves are 1-4 cm long by 1-2 cm wide. They are hairy underneath. The flowers are in pairs in the axils of leaves. The fruit are black when ripe. They are 6 mm across.
Edible Uses
The ripe black fruit are eaten raw.
Traditional Uses
The fruit are eaten raw.
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Distribution
It is a temperate plant. It grows in forests and scrub between 2,000-3,200 m above sea level in Tibet. In Yunnan.
Where It Grows
Asia, Bhutan, China, Himalayas, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Northeastern India, SE Asia, Tibet,
Synonyms
Possibly now Devendraea tomentella (Hook.f. & Thomson) Pusalkar
References (3)
- Bhattarai, S and Chaudary, R. P., 2009, Wild Edible Plants Used by the People of Manang District, Central Nepal. Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 48:1-20
- Gautam, R. S., et al, 2020, Wild Edible Fruits of Nepal. Int. J. Appl. Sci. Biotechnol. Vol 8(3): 289-304
- Gautam, R. S., et al, 2022, Ethnobotanical Review of Wild Edible Plants of Nepal. Journal of Natural History Museum Volume 32, 2021-22 p 109
