Buddleja globosa

Cladus: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Magnoliophyta
Classis: Magnoliopsida
Ordo: Lamiales
Familia: Scrophulariaceae
Tribus: Buddlejeae
Genus: Buddleja
Species: Buddleja globosa

Name

Buddleja globosa Hope

References

* Verh. Holl. Maatsch. Weetensch. Haarlem 20(2):417, t. 11. 1782
* USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Data from 07-Oct-06]. 8089

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Buddleja globosa, also known as the orange ball buddleia and as matico, is a species native to Chile, Peru and Argentina which in Chile grows from Santiago to the Patagonia. It forms a large shrub, with hairy leaves and yellow or orange flowers borne in globose heads.

It is grown as an ornamental and landscape shrub.

Folk medicine attributes to B. globosa wound healing properties, and the infusion of the leaves is used topically for the treatment or wounds, burns and external and internal ulcers. Chemical studies of this species have allowed to isolate glycosidic flavonoids (Marín et al., 1979), phenylethanoids (Pardo et al., 1993), iridoids (Houghton y Hikino, 1989), triterpenoids (López et al., 1979), di and sesquiterpenoids (Houghton et al., 1996; Liao et al., 1999).

References

* Backhouse et al. 2007. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2007.11.025
* Pardo et al. 1993. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 39:221-222
* Houghton and Hikino. 1989. Planta Medica. 55(2): 123-6, 1989. 39:221-222
* Houghton et al. 1996. Phytochemistry, 42(2): 485-488
* Liao et al. 1999. Journal of Natural Products, 62(9): 1241-45
* Richard G. Olmstead et al. 2001. American Journal of Botany. 88:348-361