Bo’li Mountain Eggplant

Bo’li Mountain Eggplant

　　Mountain Eggplant

　　Mountain eggplant, a specialty of Bo’li, is scientifically known as Lonicera caerulea, also called blue honeysuckle, yang0, black bear fruit, mountain eggplant fruit, or blue fruit. It belongs to the genus Lonicera in the family Caprifoliaceae. This perennial deciduous shrub produces berries with a bright deep rose-colored juice. It is easy to cultivate, has abundant resources, and is mainly distributed in the Changbai Mountains of Jilin Province, the eastern mountainous areas of the Greater Khingan Range in Heilongjiang Province, as well as Inner Mongolia, North China, Northwest China, and Sichuan. In addition, it can also be found in the Russian Far East, Japan, and northern Korea.