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Buddleja asiatica
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Family:
BUDDLEJACEAE
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Citation: Buddleja asiatica Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 72. 1790; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 82. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 865(608). 1923; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 181. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 293. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 229. 1995; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 431. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 256. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 201. 1999; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 542. 2009.
Buddleja discolor Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 82. 1821.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
White Butterfly Bush
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Description:
Shrubs, 2-4 m tall, the branches lax, young shoots stellate-pubescent. Leaves opposite, 5-9 x 1-2.5 cm, oblanceolate, acuminate-caudate, attenuate at base, serrulate, dull olive-gray green, tawny or whitish pubescent beneath; petiole 3-9 mm long. Flowers in dense terminal and axillary elongate, often nodding spikes, up to 20 cm long, dull white; bracts and bracteoles glandular-hairy. Calyx 1-2 mm long, pubescent, 4-lobed. Corolla white, 2 mm across, lobes 4, membranous, villous. Stamens 4. Ovary 2 mm long, glabrous; style 4 mm long, stigma 2-lobed. Capsules 3-4 mm long, subglobose, calyx persistent at base; seeds many, about 0.3 mm long.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-April
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District(s):
Wayanad, Idukki, Malappuram, Palakkad, Kollam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Degraded forest areas
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Distribution:
China, Indo-Malesia; introduced in Tropical and Subtropical countries
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Karumala, Kathitheetimala, Kumily, Chindaki forest, South Walakkad, Valiyaparathode, Ayyappankovil, Muthikulam forests, Nadugani ghats, Teppakulam
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