Lonicera gracilipes var. glabra f. albiflora ("Shirobanauguisukagura")

Japanese name: シロバナウグイスカグラ （白花鶯神楽）
Scientific name: Lonicera gracilipes var. glabra f. albiflora

[Overview]
A deciduous shrub that prefers sunny places in hills to mountains.
The bark is grayish brown and splits lengthwise and peels off.
Young branches are solid with a white pith.
Leaves are simple and opposite, 3–8 cm long and 1.5–5 cm wide, broadly elliptic to obovate, usually hairless on both sides, greenish white on the underside, with entire margins.
There are 4–5 pairs of lateral veins.
The flowers open before the leaves or at the same time as they unfold, and are borne 1–2 at a time, pointing downward, in the leaf axils at the branch tips, with 1–2 bracts at the base.
The flowers are white, funnel-shaped, 1–2 cm long, and 5-lobed at the tip.
The fruit is an elliptic berry 1–1.5 cm across, ripening yellow; it is sweet and edible.

[Cultivation]
Propagate from seed, by cuttings, or by division.
It prefers a sunny, well-drained site.
It is easy to grow.

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