Francoaceae
Honey bush
Melianthus major
- Family
- Francoaceae
- Genus
- Melianthus
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Common names
By language (7)
- Afrikaans
- Heuningblom
- Arabic
- زهرة العسل الكبيرة, زهر العسل
- arz
- زهرة العسل الكبيره
- Chinese
- 蜜花
- Croatian
- Medeni grm
- English
- Honey bush, Honey-flower
- German
- Honigstrauch
Synonyms
- Melianthus himalayanus Wall.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Hennie Knapen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Renée van der Hoff, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: jean Etcheverria, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Don McCulley, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Veronique Falzon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Don McCulley, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Jean François Bouquier, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Don McCulley, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: dionisia.hdez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.