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Leycesteria
Leycesteria formosa
Leycesteria formosa
Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Dipsacales
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Genus: Leycesteria
Wall.

Species
Leycesteria crocothyrsos

Leycesteria formosa
Leycesteria glaucophylla
Leycesteria gracilis
Leycesteria sinensis
Leycesteria stipulata
Leycesteria thibetica

Leycesteria is a genus of flowering plants in the honeysuckle family Caprifoliaceae, native to temperate Asia in the Himalaya and southwestern China.

It contains six or seven species of shrubs with short-lived stems with soft wood, growing to 1-2.5 m tall. One species, Leycesteria formosa (Himalayan Honeysuckle or Flowering Nutmeg), is a popular garden shrub in Britain.

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