Lonicera hypoglauca Identity & Plant Part
The botanical entity is Lonicera hypoglauca Miq., a twining shrub of the Caprifoliaceae from southern China, named for the reddish glands on the underside of its leaves. The part used is the flower, picked as buds or as newly opened flowers. Leaves, stems and fruit are not included. Shan yin hua is a drug name filled from several honeysuckles, and the better-known Japanese honeysuckle, Lonicera japonica, is a different species with its own extract. Caffeoylquinic acids, saponins and flavonoid glycosides are the main constituent families of the flower, named here without figures.












