Lonicera implexa Ait.

Spice Flower Fruit

Family: CAPRIFOLIACEAE

Genus: Lonicera

Catalan common name: Gavarrera. Lligabosc. Mamellera. Mare-selva. Rotaboc. Xuclamel.

Spanish common name: Madreselva.

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza. Formentera. Cabrera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

Uses and properties: Medicinal.

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Phanerophyte.

Habitats: Oakforest. Wild olive trees and other sclerophyllous shrublands. Juniperus phoenicea subsp. turbinata forest. Tree heather maquis and silicolous garigues. Pine wood and shrubland with rosemary and thyme garigue. Forests and garriques.

Characteristics: A creeper that lives atop other plants or upon walls; its opposite leaves are very characteristic of this plant, above all those of the inflorescences, which are very wide and fused at the base, forming a casserole ?shaped receptacle which contains the flowers. The flowers have a large tube that ends in two unequal, yellowish white labella.