Buddleja incana

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Buddleja incana
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Buddleja
Species:
B. incana
Binomial name
Buddleja incana
Synonyms [2] [3]
  • Buddleja incana var. pannulosaDiels
  • Buddleja rondeletiifloraBenth.
  • Buddleja rugosaKunth
  • Nicodemia rondeletiiflora(Benth.) Benth.
  • Nicodemia rondeletiiflora var. acuminataAug.DC.

Buddleja incana is a species of shrub or tree in the family Scrophulariaceae . [2] [4] It is native to the Andes. [5]

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Description

Buddleja incana is a dioecious tree or shrub, 4 15 m tall, the trunk < 50  cm at the base, the bark brownish and furrowed. The branches are subquadrangular and tomentose, and form a rounded crown. The coriaceous leaves are mostly oblong, 7 21 cm long by 1 5 cm wide, the upper surface glabrescent, often bullate or rugose, the lower white or yellowish tomentose. The yellow to orange paniculate inflorescences have 2 3 orders of leafy-bracted branches bearing heads 1 1.5 cm in diameter, each with 15 40 flowers, the corollas 3 4 mm long. Ploidy: 2n = 76. [5]

Distribution and habitat

Buddleja incana is present in Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia, growing in canyon bottoms along streams at elevations of 2,700 4,500 m. [5]

Vernacular names

Buddleja incana is called kiswar in Quechua, [6] [7] kiswara in Aymara, [8] quishuar in Spanish. [9]

Uses

The leaves are used in folk medicine against toothache and as diuretic. [5]

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References

  1. Beck, S.; Fuentes, A.; Meneses, R.; Mercado Ustariz, J. (2020). "Buddleja incana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T131369352A131369367. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T131369352A131369367.es . Retrieved February 1, 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Buddleja incana Ruiz & Pav". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
  3. Synonyms: Tropicos
  4. "Buddleja incana Ruiz & Pav". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Norman, E. M. (2000). Buddlejaceae. Flora Neotropica 81. New York Botanical Garden, USA
  6. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  7. Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  8. Yatiqirinaka Aru Pirwa, Lima, 2005 (Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  9. Meza, Mario Vargas (2002). Ecología y biodiversidad del Ecuador (in Spanish). M. Vargas. pp. 197, 210. ISBN   9789978424032.