| Dicotyledon | Literature for Buddleja madagascariensis
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
| Buddleiaceae | Bibliography |
| Buddleja madagascariensis | |
Common name(s): butterfly bush, smoke bush |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | Native to Madagascar, widely cultivated and often becoming naturalized in tropical and subtropical regions.In the Hawaiian Islands, naturalized on Kaua`i, Maui, Hawai`i. |
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| Habit |
Sprawling shrubs 2-3(-8) m tall; stems densely tomentose. |
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| Leaves |
Leaves opposite, narrowly ovate, 7-12 cm long, 2-4.5 cm wide, upper surface glabrous, lower surface densely tomentose, margins entire, petioles 1.5-2.5 cm long. |
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| Flowers |
Flowers in terminal, thyrsoid cymes; calyx campanulate, ca. 3 mm long, densely tomentose, the lobes ca. 0.5 mm long; corolla orange, densely tomentose externally, glabrous within; ovary pubescent. |
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| Fruit |
Fruit white, becoming bluish purple at maturity, fleshy, globose, indehiscent, ca. 2.5 mm in diameter. |
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| Seeds |
Seeds ellipsoid, ca. 1 mm long. |
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| Chromosomes |
2n = 38 |
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