Leycesteria
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| Leycesteria | |
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| Leycesteria formosa | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Dipsacales |
| Family: | Caprifoliaceae |
| Genus: | Leycesteria Wall. |
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Leycesteria crocothyrsos |
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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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