Caprifoliaceae - Honeysuckle family

Shrubs, sometimes climbing. Stipules present or 0. Leaves opposite, simple (Lonicera) or compound (Sambucus). Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic or zygomorphic, 4-5-merous. Corolla gamopetalous, sometimes 2-lipped. Ovary inferior, 2-5-locular. Fruit a berry or drupe.

Worldwide: 15 genera and 420 species, occurring in Eurasia, America, Australia, the Mediterranean and on tropical African mountains.

Burundi: 2 genera and 2 taxa.