What are the flowers and leaves of honeysuckle?

Honeysuckle is a perennial semi-evergreen creeping shrub. When flowering in summer, the bracts are leaflike, the lip-shaped flowers have a faint fragrance, and there are hairs and glandular hairs on the outside. Stamens and styles extend out of the corolla, and the flowers are born in leaf axils in pairs. The color is white at first, and gradually turns yellow, and the yellow and white are interesting, and the spherical berries are black when they are ripe.

Lonicera japonica leaves, ovoid to oblong-ovoid, sometimes ovoid-lanceolate, sparsely ovoid or obovate, rarely with 1 to several blunt defects, with sharp or tapering tips, few blunt defects, round or slightly concave defects, round or nearly heart-shaped base, rough hair, dark green top and light green bottom. The upper leaves of branchlets are usually thick, short and rough on both sides, while the lower leaves are usually smooth and hairless, with a little blue-gray at the bottom.

The bud is rod-shaped, thick on the top and thin on the bottom. Outside yellowish white or light green, densely pubescent. Calyx is small, yellow-green, with 5-lobed apex and hairy lobes. The open flower is tubular, with 2-lipped apex, 5 stamens, yellow pistil 1, and the ovary is hairless. The smell is fragrant and the taste is light and bitter. If the buds don't open, yellow or green, and the branches and leaves are free of impurities, it is better. As shown in the figure below:

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In the treasure house of traditional Chinese medicine, honeysuckle is an indispensable medicinal material. Honeysuckle is a perennial semi-evergreen woody vine belonging to Lonicera of Caprifoliaceae. It is a traditional precious Chinese herbal medicine and occupies a special position in Chinese herbal medicine and health care products. Honeysuckle was used as medicine as early as 1400 years ago, and it was listed as the top grade in the Record of Famous Doctors. There was a record of brewing honeysuckle wine in Jin Dynasty.

In the earliest Chinese medicine book "Shennong Herbal Classic", there is "honeysuckle". It tastes sweet. As long as you eat it, you will become slim. There is also a record in Compendium of Materia Medica that "making tea and drinking it often can make up for deficiency and cure wind and prolong life". The stems, leaves, flowers and fruits of honeysuckle. Can be used as medicine, the main medicinal part is bud, which is cold and sweet, and has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials and diminishing inflammation.

Honeysuckle has been widely used in medicine, health care products and cosmetics. Shuanghuanglian, Qingkailing, Mailuoning, Yinqiao Jiedu Tablets, Yinhuang Tablets and other traditional Chinese medicines, Yinhuang Qingre Jiedu Oral Liquid, Xiaoer Resuqing Syrup, Compound Honeysuckle Aspirin Tablets, some health drinks, honeysuckle tea, etc. are all produced from them.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Flos Lonicerae (Caprifoliaceae)

People's Network-Fengqiu, the first county of honeysuckle in China