Caprifoliaceae
Himalayan honeysuckle
Leycesteria formosa
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae
- Genus
- Leycesteria
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Common names
By language (13)
- Arabic
- لايسترية شكيلة
- arz
- لايستريه شكيله
- Bulgarian
- Хималайски орлови нокти
- Chinese
- 鬼吹箫, 鬼吹簘, 云通, 夜吹箫, 炮仗筒, 空心木, 鬼吹箫*(梅叶竹、狭萼鬼吹箫）
- Czech
- Leycesterie krásná
- Dutch
- Fazantenbes
- English
- Himalayan honeysuckle, Flowering nutmeg, Pheasant berry
- German
- Schöne Leycesterie, Karamellbeere
- Igbo
- Himalayan honeysuckle
- Japanese
- ヒマラヤナツメグ
- Polish
- Lejcesteria piękna
- Serbian
- Лејцестерија
- Welsh
- Bachgen llwm
Synonyms
- Hamelia connata Wall. ex DC.
- Leycesteria formosa var. brachysepala Airy Shaw
- Leycesteria formosa var. formosa
- Leycesteria limprichtii H.J.P.Winkl.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. MPF assumed, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wendy Cutler from Vancouver, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Flobbadob, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Flobbadob, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.