Buddleja salviifolia
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| Buddleja salviifolia inflorescence | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Scrophulariaceae |
| Genus: | Buddleja |
| Species: | B. salviifolia
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Buddleja salviifolia, common names sage bush and sagewood, is
Description
Buddleja salviifolia is a large, semi-evergreen shrub, multi-stemmed, with untidy, drooping branches, typically reaching a height of 4 – 8 m. The bark is grey-brown and stringy. The shoots are quadrangular in section, and covered with a dense reddish-brown
corollas relatively short, at just 4 mm.[1] However, the most striking feature of the flowers is considered to be their scent, judged by some to the best of all the buddlejas, and even bearing comparison with Chanel perfume. Hardiness: USDA zone 8.[3]
Cultivation
The species is relatively common in cultivation; moderately frost hardy and tolerant of dry soils, it is grown in the
NCCPG national collection held by Longstock Park Nursery, near Stockbridge in Hampshire.[3] Occasionally in the UK and France it is mislabelled Buddleja myriantha
, a dissimilar Chinese species.
Uses
Decoctions of the plant are believed to have various medicinal benefits in its native lands. The wood, hard and heavy, has traditionally been used for assegais and fishing rods. Otherwise, it is used as fuel, and for hedging.[3]
References
- ^ a b Leeuwenberg, A. J. M. (1979) The Loganiaceae of Africa XVIII Buddleja L. II, Revision of the African & Asiatic species. H. Veenman & Zonen, Wageningen, Nederland.
- ^ Lamarck, J - B., (1785). Enc. 1: 513. 1785.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-88192-688-0.
External links
- PlantZAfrica.com
- Images iSpot
- Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). "Buddleja salviifolia". African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.