Lonicera ciliosa
Lonicera ciliosa, the orange honeysuckle or western trumpet honeysuckle is a honeysuckle native to forests of western North America. DescriptionA deciduous shrub growing to 6 metres (20 ft) tall with hollow twigs, the leaves are opposite, oval, 4–10 centimetres (1+1⁄2–4 in) long with the last pair on each twig merged to form a disk. The flowers are orange-yellow, 2–4 cm (3⁄4–1+1⁄2 in) 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 1 cm (3⁄8 in) diameter.[1][2] EdibilityThe fruits are sometimes considered edible,[3][4] but may in fact be toxic.[5] Medicinal usesThe orange honeysuckle was used as cold medicine, a contraceptive, a sedative and even as a tuberculosis remedy.[6] In cultureThe species was one of the many florae recorded during Lewis and Clark's expeditions beginning in 1804.[7] References
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