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Buddleja asiatica Lour.wfo-0000573923

Fl. Cochinch.: 72. 1790; Benth. in DC., Prodr. 10: 446. 1846; C.B.Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 4: 82. 1883; Gagnep., Not. Syst. 2: 189–190. 1912; Marquand, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1930: 177. 1930; Kerr in Craib & Kerr, Fl. Siam Enum. 3(1): 53. 1951; Leenh. in Fl. Mal. I, 6: 337, f. 24. 1963; Leeuwenb., G.Vidal, Galibert, Fl. C.L.V. 13: 92–93, f. 15, 1–8. 1972; Leeuwenb., The Loganiaceae of Africa XVIII. Buddleja L. 11. 92–96, f. 22. 1979; P.H.Hô, Câyco Viêtnam 2: 1109. 1993. Fig. 1; Plate XXIV: 1.


Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.



Synonyms & Citations :

Buddleja salicina Illustr. 1: 291. 1791.— B. salicina var. salicina (Lam.) Koord. & Valeton, Bijdr. 9: 89. 1903.
Buddleja neemda Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. 1: 411. 1820.
Buddleja nimda Buch. Ham. ex Roem. et Schult., Mantissa 3: 88. 1827.
Buddleja serrulata Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 82. 1821.
Buddleja discolor Roth op. cit. 83.
Buddleja subserrata D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 92. 1825.
Buddleja densiflora Blume, Bijdr. 743. 1826.
Buddleja sundaica Blume, l.c.
Buddleja acuminatissima Blume, l.c.
Buddleja ameniacea Kranzl. Bull. Jar. Bot. Petersb. 13: 89, 92. 1913.
Buddleja asiatica var. brevicuspa Koord., Atlas Baumarten Java, f. 326 K-N. 1914.
Buddleja afrakensis Kan. et Hat., Bot. Mag. Tokyo 56: 157, f. 1. 1942.
Buddleja virgata (auct. non L.f.) Blanco in Fl. Filip. 57. 1837; ed. 2. 39. 1845; ed. 3. 1: 70. 1877.


Description : Shrubs 1–5 m high; most parts with stellate hairs. Branchlets more or less terete. Leaves remotely to very serrate, 2.5–16 x 0.6–3.6 cm; petiole ± sessile to ca 80 mm; upper surface, sometimes pubescent, tip acuminate, base cuneate or decurrent or winged, stipules reduced to a line. Inflorescence terminal and or axillary, thyrsoid to spiciform, ca 1.5–31 x 0.5–2 cm, cymes sometimes subtended by a narrowly linear to lanceolate bract 1.5–5 x ca 0.5 mm, sometimes sparsely scaly, and sometimes exceeding length of cymes. Calyx campanulate, entire, 2–3.5 x 1–2.25 mm, inside usually glabrous, sometimes puberulent, teeth 1–1.75 x 0.5–1 mm, narrowly triangular to triangular, apex acuminate, occasionally puberulent with scattered groups of scales, margins sometimes glabrous or puberulent, somtimes with a linear-lanceolate bracteole 1.5–2.25 mm long. Corolla: lobe margins and inside usually glabrous, white, (yellowish-brown and dark red has been recorded); tube 3–6 x 1–1.5 mm; mouth sometimes slightly constricted, with a broad ring of dense usually pilose hairs extending to top of stamens, hairs less dense towards base of tube; lobes 0.75–1.75 x 0.05–1.5 mm, campanulate usually orbicular, sometimes crenate. Stamens clavate, deeply cordate at base, included, top of anthers about level with mouth, 0.5–1 mm; filament ± sessile–0.75 mm, usually about half length of anther. Ovary usually glabrous; conical, pyriform to ovoid, gradually tapering or abruptly narrowed into style, bottom of ovary often with irregular saccate ring; stigma clavate, usually glabrous; pistil 1.75–3.5 mm; ovary 1–1.75 x 0.5–0.75 0.3–0.7 mm, stigma 0.5–0.75 mm; style ca 0.25–1 mm. Capsule conical, 3–4.5 x 1.25–2.25 0.5–1.75 mm. Seeds reticulate, ellipsoid to irregular, 0.5–1 x 0.2–0.35 mm.


Thailand : NORTHERN: Mae Hong Son, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Lampang, Phrae, Sukhothai; NORTH-EASTERN: Loei; EASTERN: Chaiyaphum, Ubon Ratchathani; SOUTH-WESTERN: Kanchanaburi, Phetchaburi; PENINSULAR: Phangnga, Phuket, Trang.


Distribution : India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Burma, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam (type), Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, the Philippines, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan.


Ecology : Cleared areas at edges of forests, along riversides and streams, scattered in old clearings and in secondary grassy vegetation, 300–2,550 m alt.


Vernacular : Phu-chi-boi (พู่จี่บอย)(Karen-Mae Hong Son); rachawadi pa (ราชาวดีป่า) hua thuean (หัวเถื่อน), puak nam (ปวกน้ำ)(Chiang Mai); nguang chang (งวงช้าง)(Chaiyaphum); mae mai (แม่ม่าย)(Kanchanaburi); dok thon (ดอกถ่อน), fon (ฟอน)(Loei).


Uses: Root used in decoction as part of mixed drug, against stones in the urinary tract, crushed leaves applied to burns.


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Figure 1
Plate XXIV: 1
Buddleja asiatica Lour.