Buddleja incana
Ruiz & Pav.
Grey butterfly bush
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Flowers
The flowers are edible.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. Arboretum Tasmania. In the Andes it grows between 2,700-4,500 m above sea level.
Andes, Australia, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, South America, Tasmania, Venezuela,
How to Identify
A tree. It grows 4-15 m tall. The bark is brown and has furrows. The branches are angular. The leaves are oblong and 7-21 cm long by 1-5 cm wide. They are green above and whiter underneath. The flowers are in a group and are yellow to ornage.
Medicinal Uses
The leaves are used in folk medicine against toothache and as diuretic.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Buddleja incana is a species of shrub or tree in the family Scrophulariaceae. It is native to the Andes.
Notes
The leaves are used as medicine.
Names & Synonyms
Kishvar, Kiswaram Orqo, Quishuar, Quishuguar
References (1)
- Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 79
