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Buddleja madagascariensis
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Family:
BUDDLEJACEAE
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Citation: Buddleja madagascariensis Lam., Encycl. 1: 513. 1785.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Madagascar Butterfly Bush
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Description:
Diffuse stragglers with elongate arching branches; branchlets densely white fluffy-tomentose. Leaves opposite, decussate, 12-20 x 2.5-5 cm, ovate-oblong, base rounded, margin obscurely dentate, apex acuminate, dark green and glabrous above, densely white fluffy-tomentose below; petiole to 1.5 cm. Panicles terminal or in upper axils, to 25 cm long. Calyx-lobes 4, densely white tomentose without. Corolla orange, 1 cm wide; tube narrow, 1 cm, densely white-tomentose without, sparsely so within; lobes 4, spreading, imbricate. Stamens 4. Ovary 2-celled, pubescent; ovules numerous, on axile placentae; style sparsely pubescent. Berry globose, 4 x 3 mm, surmounted by mucronate style and enveloped in persistent calyx; seeds numerous, minute.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as garden plant, also getting established in vacant areas
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Distribution:
Native of Madagascar
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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):
Orange, Yellow
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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:
Yes
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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:
Devicolam
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