• Scientific Name: Lonicera caerulea subsp. edulis (Turcz. ex Herder) Hultén
• Ref: Fl. Kamtchatka 4:144. 1930
• Synonyms: Lonicera edulis (Turcz. ex Herder) Turcz. ex Freyn, L. caerulea var. edulis Turcz. ex Herder, Metalonicera edulis (Turcz. ex Freyn) M. Wang & A.G. Gu
• English Common Name: edible blue-berried honeysuckle, sweetberry honeysuckle
• Chinese Common Name: 蓝靛果 lándiàn∙guǒ, 蓝果忍冬 lánguǒ rěndōng
• Japanese Common Name: ケヨノミ [毛榎] keyonomi, クロミノウグイスカグラ [黒実鶯神楽] kurominouguisukagura
• Family: Caprifoliaceae
• Genus: Lonicera
• Distribution: Deciduous forests, scrub; 2600-3500 m. S Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, ?Henan, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shanxi, N Sichuan, Xinjiang, NW Yunnan [Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia; Europe, North America].
• Photo: 07/14/2008, Mt. Changbai, Jilin

Shrubs, deciduous, to 2.5 m tall. Branches with solid pith. Bark flaking. Buds divaricate, sometimes with accessory ones. Winter buds with several pairs of scales, outer pair long acuminate and obscuring inner ones. Interpetiolar stipules sometimes reniform and fused to 6 mm; leaf blade ovate to oblong or obovate, 1-6 × 1-3 cm, both surfaces with sparse short hairs, more densely so and spreading hairy on midvein, sometimes subglabrous, base rounded, apex acute to obtuse. Inflorescences axillary, paired flowers; peduncle 2-10 mm; bracts linear, 2-3 × as long as ovaries; bracteoles glabrous, fused into a cupule tightly enclosing free ovaries. Corolla tubular-funnelform, 10-15 mm, outside puberulent, shallowly gibbous at base; lobes regular, 2-3 mm. Stamens exserted from corolla. Ovaries 2-locular; style exserted and glabrous. Cupule tightly fused around 2 berries, blue-black, pruinose, forming an elliptic to oblong-elliptic compound fruit, ca. 1.5 cm. Seeds brown, globose to ellipsoid, ca. 1.5 mm. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Aug-Sep. (Flora of China)