Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Lonicera japonica, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced7 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded19 Not on the record7 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Thunb.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	J.A.Murray (ed.), Syst. Veg. ed. 14: 216 (1784)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1784	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Japanese honeysuckle	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	China to Temp. E. Asia	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	30 cm	30.48 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 92, 251, 882	Differs from sources
Flower color	white	white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 882	Sourced
Flower conspicuous	true	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Foliage color	empty	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Foliage texture	medium	coarse · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Differs from sources
Fruit color	black	black · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 882	Sourced
Fruit conspicuous	true	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Fruit shape	berry	berry · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Growth form	Stoloniferous	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Growth habit	Vine	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Growth rate	Rapid	Rapid · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Maximum height	600 cm	600 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 92, 251, 882	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 92, 443, 879, 882	Sourced
Fruit months	empty	mar, apr, may · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity	6 / 9 · moderately humid air	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Light	5 / 9 · half-shade	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 89, 444	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 8.3	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ph minimum	pH 4.9	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Soil nutriments	4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Soil salinity	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	empty	25 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	31.6 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 227, 554	Not on the record
Other
Human usage type	—	food_general, medical, nursery_stock, ornamental · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68, 92	Not on the record
Salt tolerance	—	Low · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	Deep · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record

Lonicera japonica Thunb., 1784 47% complete

Japanese honeysuckle

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