توضیحات
Lonicera caerulea, also known by its common names blue honeysuckle, sweetberry honeysuckle, fly honeysuckle (blue fly honeysuckle), blue-berried honeysuckle, or the honeyberry, is a non-climbing honeysuckle native throughout the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere in countries such as Canada, Japan, Russia, and Poland. The plant or its fruit has also come to be called haskap, derived from its name in the language of the native Ainu people of Hokkaido, Japan. Haskap is a deciduous shrub growing to 1.5–2 m (4 ft 11 in – 6 ft 7 in) tall. The leaves are opposite, oval, 3–8 cm (1.2–3.1 in) long and 1–3 cm (0.39–1.18 in) broad, greyish green, with a slightly waxy texture. The flowers are yellowish-white, 12–16 mm long, with five equal lobes; they are produced in pairs on the shoots. The fruit is an edible, blue berry, somewhat rectangular in shape weighing 1.3 to 2.2 grams (0.046 to 0.078 oz), and about 1 cm (0.39 in) in diameter
Honeysuckle is harvested in late spring or early summer two weeks before strawberries for Russian type varieties, with Japanese types ripening at a similar time to strawberries. The berries are ready to harvest when the inner layer is dark purple or blue. The outer layer is dark blue and looks ripened, but the inner layer may be green with a sour flavor. Two compatible varieties are needed for cross pollination and fruit set. In North America, most Russian varieties are adapted to hardiness zones 1 to 4. The plants may take three or four years to produce an abundant harvest. Average production on a good bush is about 3 kilograms (6.6 lb), and bushes can maintain productivity for 30 years
Honeysuckle can be used in various processed products, such as pastries, jams, juice, ice cream, yogurt, sauces, candies and a wine similar in color and flavor to red grape or cherry wine
هانی بری میوه ای است از خانواده آقطیان که در مناطق خنک کشت میشود. این گیاه بومی روسیه تا ژاپن بوده و تحمل قابل توجهی در سرما دارند و دمای 48- درجه سانتیگراد را تحمل
میکند. هانی بری میوه خود را در فصل بهار تولید کرده و اولین میوه آن در بهار برداشت میشود.
طعم میوه هانی بری بین طعم تمشک و طعم بلوبری و طعم زرشک است. خوردن میوه تازه فوق العاده بوده و در دسر و بستی استفاده میشود. همانند بلوبری و هاکلبری، عملکرد بالایی داشته و به مراقبت کمتری نیاز دارد. هانیبری و پیچ امین الدوله در یک خانواده قرار دارند، اما هانی بری میوه خوراکی تولید میکند. این گیاه میوهای به اندازه 2.5 سانتیمتر، کشیده و آبی با طعم و عطر خوب را تولید میکند.
