Japanese honeysuckle (honeysuckle) - Japanese honeysuckle (English spelling)

Japanese: スイカズラ(忍冬) - スイカズラ（英語表記）Japanese honeysuckle

A climbing shrub of the Caprifoliaceae family common in the mountains and fields (illustration). It is named after the nectar found deep inside the corolla, which tastes sweet when sucked, and is also called honeysuckle because some of the leaves remain even in winter. The stems grow long and wrap around other things, and the old bark splits vertically. The leaves are opposite, elliptical, and 3-7 cm long. Flowers bloom in pairs in May and June. The corolla is 3-4 cm long, white to pale pink at first, and later yellow. It is dorsoventral, with the upper lip having four lobes at the tip and the lower lip being long and slender. The fruit is spherical and ripens to black in the fall.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

山野に多いスイカズラ科のつる性低木（イラスト）。花冠の奥にみつがあり，吸うと甘いためこの名があり，また冬でも葉の一部が残るため忍冬（にんどう）ともいう。茎は長く伸びて他物に巻きつき，古い樹皮は縦に裂ける。葉は対生，楕円形で長さ3～7cm。花は2個ずつ対をなして，5～6月に咲く。花冠は長さ3～4cm，初め白色から淡い桃色で，後に黄色くなる。背腹性があり，上唇の先は4裂，下唇は細長い。果実は球形，秋に黒く熟す。

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