Buddleja salviifolia

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Scrophulariaceae
Tribus: Buddlejeae
Genus: Buddleja
Sectio:Buddleja sect. Salviifoliae
Species: Buddleja salviifolia
Name

Buddleja salviifolia (L.) Lam., Encycl. 1: 513. (1785)
Synonyms

Basionym
Lantana salviifolia L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10 2: 1116. (1759)
Heterotypic
Buddleja aurantiacomaculata Gilg, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 377. (1902)

References

Lamarck, J-B. P.A. de Monet de 1785. Encyclopedie Methodique. Botanique 1: 513.
African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). 02. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: Apr.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Buddleja salviifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 June 30. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Buddleja salviifolia. Published online. Accessed: June 30 2021.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Buddleja salviifolia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Buddleja salviifolia, common names sage bush and sagewood, is endemic to much of southern and eastern Africa, from Kenya and Angola south, where it grows on rocky hillsides, along forest margins and watercourses. The species was described and named by Lamarck in 1792.[1][2]

Description
B. salviifolia, white form. Longstock Park Nursery

Buddleja salviifolia is a large, semi-evergreen shrub, multi-stemmed, with untidy, drooping branches, typically reaching a height of 4 – 8 m. The bark is grey-brown and stringy. The shoots are quadrangular in section, and covered with a dense reddish-brown indumentum. The distinctive leaves, with their rugose upper surfaces, bear a resemblance to those of sage, hence the specific epithet. The leaf is sessile to shortly petiolate, the blade narrowly ovate to narrowly oblong, long acuminate to an acute apex, and cordate at the base. The inflorescences are terminal conical panicles approximately 12 × 8 cm, with occasional auxiliary heads appearing in autumn. The flowers range in colour from white, through cream and mauve to purple; the corollas relatively short, at just 4 mm.[1] However, the most striking feature of the flowers is considered to be their scent, judged by some to the best of all the buddlejas, and even bearing comparison with Chanel perfume. Hardiness: USDA zone 8.[3]
Cultivation

The species is relatively common in cultivation; moderately frost hardy and tolerant of dry soils, it is grown in the UK, however its large size and ungainly habit, in the worst buddleja 'bent hatstand' tradition, render it a choice for the larger garden only. Several specimens form part of the NCCPG national collection held by Longstock Park Nursery, near Stockbridge in Hampshire.[3] Occasionally in the UK and France it is mislabelled Buddleja myriantha, a dissimilar Chinese species.
Uses

Decoctions of the plant are believed to have various medicinal benefits in its native lands. The wood, hard and heavy, has traditionally been used for assegais and fishing rods. Otherwise, it is used as fuel, and for hedging.[3]
References

Leeuwenberg, A. J. M. (1979) The Loganiaceae of Africa XVIII Buddleja L. II, Revision of the African & Asiatic species. H. Veenman & Zonen, Wageningen, Nederland.
Lamarck, J - B., (1785). Enc. 1: 513. 1785.

Stuart, D. (2006). Buddlejas. RHS Plant Collector Guide. Timber Press, Oregon. ISBN 978-0-88192-688-0.

External links
PlantZAfrica.com
Images iSpot
Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). "Buddleja salviifolia". African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.