Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Scrophulariaceae | Genus: Buddleja | Species: Buddleja madagascariensis Lam. |
Habit |
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Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Adenoplea madagascariensis(Lam.) Eastw., Nicodemia madagascariensis(Lam.) R. Parker | Flower Color | Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name | Madagascar Butterfly Bush, Smoke bush | Flower Type | Cyme |
| English / Trade Name | Madagascar Butterfly Bush, Smoke bush | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Neemda | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | 100-300 m | Fruit Type | Berry |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Fruit is berry, white, becoming bluish purple at maturity, fleshy, round, about 2.5 mm in diameter. |
| Habitat | A weed of warmer temperate, sub-tropical and tropical regions in habitats where water and good drainage are available. | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Native of Tropical Africa | Bark Details | Its older branches are woody and its younger branches are densely covered in whitish or yellowish hairs. |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park | Origin | Exotic |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Sprawling shrub, 2-3 m tall. Stems are densely velvety. Leaves oppositely arranged, narrowly ovate, Upper side of the leaves is smooth, under-side densely velvety which makes it look silvery or smokey; leaf margins entire. Flowers cymes at the end of branches. Sepals bell-shaped, densely velvety. Flowers orange- yellow, densely velvety on the outside and smooth within. Fruit white, becoming bluish purple at maturity, fleshy, round. | Leaf Details | Leaves oppositely arranged, narrowly ovate, Upper side of the leaves is smooth, under-side densely velvety which makes it look silvery or smokey; leaf margins entire. |
