Description
Leycesteria formosa is a popular garden plant in the UK, grown for its pendent strings of pale flowers subtended by deep pink bracts. It was introduced from its native Himalayas as an ornamental and as food for pheasants – hence the main English common name “pheasant berry” – raised as game birds, which relish the ripe fruits. When fully ripe and deep purple-brown the fruits are also edible by humans, having a mild caramel/chocolate flavour, although they are bitter and acrid when unripe.
Leycesteria are often referred to as Himalayan Honeysuckle.
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