Caprifoliaceae

Japanese honeysuckle

Lonicera japonica Thunb.

Family: Caprifoliaceae
Genus: Lonicera

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Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) — FlowerPhoto: Justin Williams, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (35)

Arabic: عسلة يابانية, زهر عسل, ياسمين عرائلي, ياسمين عراتلي, ياسمين عراقي, ياسمين عسل, شرمَشِيك
arz: عسله يابانيه
Asturian: Mariselva xaponesa
azb: ژاپون دوققوزدونو
Azerbaijani: Yapon doqquzdonu
Bangla: মধুমতী
Cantonese: 金銀花
Catalan: Xuclamel japonès
Chinese: 金銀花, 金银花, 二宝藤, 二色花藤, 右转藤, 子风藤, 忍冬, 忍冬藤
English: Japanese honeysuckle, Golden-and-silver honeysuckle
Esperanto: Japana lonicero
Finnish: Japaninköynnöskuusama
French: Chèvrefeuille du Japon
German: Japanisches Geissblatt, Japanisches Geißblatt
Hebrew: יערה יפנית
hsb: Japanski kozylist
Hungarian: Japán lonc
Icelandic: Tildurtoppur
Indonesian: Ranggis, Kamperfuli Jepang, Melati putri
Japanese: スイカズラ, キンギンカ, ニンドウ, 吸葛, 忍冬, 金銀花
Korean: 인동덩굴, 겨우살이덩굴, 금은등, 금은화, 인동 덩굴, 인동초
lzh: 忍冬
Norwegian Bokmål: Japankaprifol
Norwegian Nynorsk: Japankaprifol
Persian: لنیکرا جاپنیکا
Slovenian: Japonsko kosteničevje, Japonsko kosteničje
Spanish: Madreselva, Madreselva del Japon, Madreselva del Japón, Madreselva japonesa
Sundanese: Sikluk
Swedish: Slingertry
szy: Nipaluma-kawayna
Thai: สายน้ำผึ้ง
Tongan: Pua fisi
Vietnamese: Kim ngân Nhật, Kim ngân, Nhẫn đông
Welsh: Gwyddfid Japan
za: Vagimngaenz

Synonyms

Caprifolium brachypodum Gordon
Caprifolium chinense Wats. ex Loudon
Caprifolium japonicum (Thunb.) Dum.Cours.
Caprifolium roseum Lam.
Lonicera aureoreticulata hort. ex T.Moore
Lonicera brachypoda DC.
Lonicera brachypoda var. repens Siebold
Lonicera chinensis P.Watson
Lonicera cochinchinensis G.Don
Lonicera diversifolia Carrière
Lonicera fauriei H.Lév. & Vaniot
Lonicera finlaysoniana Wall.
Lonicera flexuosa Thunb.
Lonicera japonica f. macrantha Matsuda
Lonicera japonica var. japonica
Lonicera japonica var. repens (Siebold) Rehder
Lonicera japonica var. sempervillosa Hayata
Lonicera miyagusukiana (Makino) Ohwi
Lonicera repens Hassk.
Lonicera shintenensis Hayata
Nintooa japonica Sweet
Xylosteon flexuosum (Thunb.) Dum.Cours.

Flowers

In flower: April to June, September (from 6,184 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Flower colour: white (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Vine
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Justin Williams, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Frances W, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: SquidTK, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
LeavesPhoto: Will Bennett, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Millie Basden, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: The original uploader was BenduKiwi at French Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Chris Chimaera, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Jenny Christianson, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Stari Plativky, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Saryu Mae 前朝琉, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.