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Wand Butterflybush

Buddleja incana

Wand Butterflybush
Photo: Hipólito Ruiz López & José Antonio Pavón Jiménez, Public domain
Family
Scrophulariaceae (Scrophulari family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
W. South America
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Buddleja incana is a species of shrub or tree in the family Scrophulariaceae. It is native to the Andes.

Where it grows

Buddleja incana is present in Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia, growing in canyon bottoms along streams at elevations of 2,700 – 4,500 m.

Uses

The leaves are used in folk medicine against toothache and as diuretic.

Other Buddleja plants

Buddleja acuminata · Himalayan Butterfly Bush · Buddleja alata · Buddleja albiflora · Fountain butterflybush · Buddleja americana · Buddleja anchoensis · Buddleja araucana · Buddleja aromatica · Dogtail · Weeping Sagewood · Buddleja axillaris

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Buddleja incana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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