Plant Details

Accepted name:: Lonicera japonica Thunb. [Caprifoliaceae]
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Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
'phang ma nag po	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
caulis lonicerae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
caulis lonicerae japonicae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
chin yin hua	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
clématite du japon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
extractum lonicerae japonicae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
flos lonicerae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
flos lonicerae japonicae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
gold-and-silver-flower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
honeysuckle	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
honeysuckle flower	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
honeysuckle flower extract	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
honeysuckle stem	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
japanese honeysuckle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
japanese honeysuckle flower	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020)
japanese honeysuckle flower; gold and silver flower	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
japanese honeysuckle stem	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
japanisches geißblatt	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jin yin hua	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
jinyinhua	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
jīn yín huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jīn yín huā téng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jīnyínhuā	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
kam ngai fah	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
kim ngân	Other	Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
lonicera flower	Other	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
lonicera japonica flower	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
lonicera leaf and stem	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
lonicerae flos	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
lonicerae folium	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
lonicerae folium cum caulis	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
lonicerae folium et caulis	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
lonicerae japonicae caulis	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
lonicerae japonicae flos	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
lonisera	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
madreselva	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
madreselva del japón	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
nindō	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pang ma nak po	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
ren dong	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
ren dong teng	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
rendong	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
rendongteng	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
rengdongteng	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
rěn dōng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rěn dōng cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rěn dōng huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rěn dōng téng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rěn hán cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shuāng huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
slingertry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sui kadzura	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
sui katzura	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
suiadzura	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
suikazura	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tòng líng cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yin hwa	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
yín huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yòu xuán téng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
zuǒ chán téng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
èr huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
འཕང་མ་ནག་པོ།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
キンギンカ	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
ニンドウ	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
二花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
右旋藤	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
左纏藤	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
忍冬	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
忍冬花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
忍冬草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
忍冬藤	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
忍寒草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
痛灵草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
金銀花	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
金銀花藤	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
金银花	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
金银花子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
金银花露	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
銀花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
雙花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
금은화	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
branch, stem	dried stem and branch	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
stem, branch	stem and branch	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
flower	dried flower buds or flowers	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
Stem, Flower		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Stem		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
flower bud, infant flower	dried flower bud and infant flower	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
stem leaf		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
plant, flower		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
stem		WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
flower buds, flowers	dried flowers in the early-opening stage	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020)
leaves, stems		Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
climbing stems bearing leaves and flowers		Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
flower bud, stem		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
flower		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Floral buds		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Flower, branch, leaf		Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
flower	dried flower bud, opening flower	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
leaf, stem	leaf, stem	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
branch, stem		Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
flower bud, flower		Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
leaf, stem		Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
stem, branch		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
flower bud, flower starting to bloom		Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 43 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Lonicera japonica var. flexuosa (Thunb.) G.Nicholson Hand-List Trees Shrubs 2: 17 (1896).
Caprifolium brachypodum G.Gordon Garden (London, 1871-1927) 11: 88 (1877).
Caprifolium chinense S.Watson ex G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 79 (1830).
Caprifolium japonicum (Thunb.) Dum.Cours. Bot. Cult., ed. 2, 7: 209 (1814).
Caprifolium japonicum f. subverticillare Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 273 (1891).
Lonicera aureoreticulata T.Moore Florist & Pomol. 1862: 136 (1863).
Lonicera brachypoda DC. Prodr. 4: 335 (1830).
Lonicera brachypoda var. aureoreticulata Rothsch. Pl. Feuill. Col., n.s., 2: 23 (1868).
Lonicera brachypoda aureoreticulata (T.Moore) Jacob-Makoy Belgique Hort. 15: 146 (1865).
Lonicera brachypoda var. repens Siebold Jaarb. Kon. Ned. Maatsch. Aanm. Tuinb. 1845: 73 (1845).
Lonicera brachypoda reticulata André Pl. Feuill. Ornem.: 182 (1866).
Lonicera brachypoda var. reticulata Witte Flora Afbeeld.: 13 (1868).
Lonicera brachypoda variegata Abbey J. Hort. Cottage Gard. 32: 82 (1864).
Lonicera chinensis P.Watson Dendrol. Brit. 2: t. 117 (1825).
Lonicera cochinchinensis G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 447 (1834).
Lonicera confusa Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 269 (1866), nom. illeg.
Lonicera diversifolia Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 37: 99 (1866).
Lonicera fauriei H.Lév. & Vaniot Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 5: 100 (1908).
Lonicera finlaysoniana Wall. Numer. List: n.° 6302 (1832).
Lonicera flexuosa Thunb. Trans. Linn. Soc. 2: 330 (1794).
Lonicera flexuosa f. aureoreticulata (T.Moore) Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 217 (1889).
Lonicera flexuosa f. halliana Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 217 (1889).
Lonicera japonica var. aureoreticulata (T.Moore) G.Nicholson Hand-List Trees Shrubs 2: 17 (1896).
Lonicera japonica f. aureoreticulata (T.Moore) Rehder Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 14: 162 (1903).
Lonicera japonica var. brachypoda Nakai in T.Nakai & G.Koidzumi, Trees Shrubs Japan, rev. ed.: 635 (1927).
Lonicera japonica f. chinensis (P.Watson) H.Hara Enum. Spermatophytarum Japon. 2: 44 (1952).
Lonicera japonica var. chinensis (P.Watson) Baker Refug. Bot. 4: t. 224 (1870).
Lonicera japonica f. flexuosa (Thunb.) Zabel in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 451 (1903).
Lonicera japonica f. halliana (Dippel) H.Hara Enum. Spermatophytarum Japon. 2: 44 (1952).
Lonicera japonica var. halliana (Dippel) G.Nicholson Hand-List Trees Shrubs 2: 17 (1896).
Lonicera japonica hybrida J.Dix Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 266 (1860).
Lonicera japonica f. macrantha Matsuda Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 307 (1912).
Lonicera japonica var. miyagusukiana Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 218 (1912).
Lonicera japonica f. purpurella Honda J. Jap. Bot. 14: 148 (1938).
Lonicera japonica f. quercifolia A.I.V.Correia Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2.A, 60: 154 (1987).
Lonicera japonica var. repens (Siebold) Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 7: 36 (1926).
Lonicera japonica var. sempervillosa Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. 9: 47 (1920).
Lonicera miyagusukiana (Makino) Ohwi Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 5: 179 (1936).
Lonicera nigra Thunb. Fl. Jap.: 89 (1784), sensu auct.
Lonicera repens Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. Alt.: 116 (1844), not validly publ.
Lonicera shintenensis Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. 9: 48 (1920).
Nintooa japonica (Thunb.) Sweet Hort. Brit., ed. 2: 258 (1830), not validly publ.
Xylosteon flexuosum (Thunb.) Dum.Cours. Bot. Cult., ed. 2, 7: 208 (1814).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Lonicer japonica Thunb.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Lonicera japonica	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Lonicera japonica Thumb.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Lonicera japonica Thunb.	GAP Prod. of TCM Herbs in China (Zhang et al., 2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Neuraminidase Inhib. Med. Pl. in Lingnan TCM (Liu et al., 2018) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Lonicera japonica Thunb. ex Murray	Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Lonicera japonica Thunberg	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Lonicera japonica var flexuosa	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Lonmicera japonica Thunb.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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