Lonicera demissa var. demissa ("Ibotahyotanboku")

Japanese name: イボタヒョウタンボク （水蝋瓢箪木）
Scientific name: Lonicera demissa var. demissa

[Overview]
A deciduous shrub 1–4 m tall, found in forests in mountains at elevations of 1,000–2,000 m.
The branches are hollow, and young branches have short, curved soft hairs.
Leaves are simple and opposite, obovate to oblong, 1.5–4 cm long and 0.8–2 cm wide, with both ends shortly pointed; both surfaces, as well as the petiole, are densely covered with soft hairs.
The leaf margins are entire.
The petiole is short, 0.1–0.4 cm long.
Flowers are borne in pairs in the leaf axils at the branch tips, with linear-lanceolate bracts at the base.
The flower stalk is 0.5–1.5 cm long, longer than the petiole, and has short, curved soft hairs.
The flowers are two-lipped, with the upper lip 4-lobed and the lower lip hanging down.
The stamens are the same length as the corolla.
The flowers are cream at first and later turn yellow.
The fruit is a spherical berry 0.4–0.8 cm in diameter and ripens red.

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