Lonicera biflora Desf.

Species

Family: CAPRIFOLIACEAE

Genus: Lonicera

Catalan common name: Lligabosc valencià.

Spanish common name: Madreselva africana, Madreselva litoral.

Province distribution: Alacant. Castelló. Tarragona. València.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Western Mediterranean

Plants protected by law: País Valencià Catalogue.

IUCN Category: NENot evaluated

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Phanerophyte. Perennial.

Habitats: River forests. Reed beds and riparian habitats in low coastal areas, on clay-loam soils

Characteristics: Climbing shrub up to 4 metres tall, with flexible, lianoid stems, brown when young. Leaves opposite, petiolate, ovate to elliptical, upper surface green and glabrous or slightly hairy, lower surface glaucous and hairy. Flowers arranged in pairs (sometimes 3) in the axils of the upper leaves; corolla bilabiate, whitish-yellow, with a long tube exceeding 2 cm. Fruit fleshy, darkish and round, containing 3 or 4 yellowish-brown seeds