Lonicera ciliosa, the orange honeysuckle or western trumpet honeysuckle is a honeysuckle native to forests of western North America. A deciduous shrub growing to 6m (20feet) tall with hollow twigs, the leaves are opposite, oval, 4cm-10cmcm (02inches-00inchescm) long with the last pair on each twig merged to form a disk. The flowers are orange-yellow, 2cm-4cmcm (01inches-02inchescm) long, with five lobes and trumpet shaped; they are produced in whorls above the disk-leaf on the ends of shoots. The fruit is a translucent orange-red berry less than 1cm (00inches) diameter.[1]
During Lewis and Clark's expeditions beginning in 1804, Lonicera ciliosa was one of the many florae recorded.[2] The orange honeysuckle was used as cold medicine, a contraceptive, a sedative and even as a tuberculosis remedy.[3]
The fruits are edible[4] either raw or cooked, but are not a common food.[5]