Haskap Berry

A deciduous shrub in the honeysuckle family. The standard Japanese name is 'Kuromi-no-uguisukagura'. A signature fruit of Hokkaido, growing wild in the Yubari Mountains and Yufutsu Plain wetlands. The blue-purple berries are rich in anthocyanins and used for jam, juice, and sweets.

Identification Points

• ✓Opposite elliptic leaves
• ✓Pale-yellow tubular flowers in early summer
• ✓Ellipsoidal blue-purple fruit with a whitish bloom

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Phylogenetic Positionスイカズラ科 →