Buddleja incana

Life-forms

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: B. sect. Buddleja
Series: B. ser. Cordatae
Species: Buddleja incana
Name

Buddleja incana Ruiz & Pav.
References

Fl. peruv. 1:52, t. 80. 1798
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Buddleja incana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Buddleja incana is a species of shrub or tree in the family Scrophulariaceae. It is native to the Andes.[2]

Description

Buddleja incana is a dioecious tree or shrub, 4 – 15 m tall, the trunk < 50 cm at the base, the bark brownish and furrowed. The branches are subquadrangular and tomentose, and form a rounded crown. The coriaceous leaves are mostly oblong, 7 – 21 cm long by 1 – 5 cm wide, the upper surface glabrescent, often bullate or rugose, the lower white or yellowish tomentose. The yellow to orange paniculate inflorescences have 2 – 3 orders of leafy-bracted branches bearing heads 1 – 1.5 cm in diameter, each with 15 – 40 flowers, the corollas 3 – 4 mm long. Ploidy: 2n = 76.[2]
Distribution and habitat

Buddleja incana is present in Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia, growing in canyon bottoms along streams at elevations of 2,700 – 4,500 m.[2]
Vernacular names

Buddleja incana is called kiswar in Quechua,[3][4] kiswara in Aymara,[5] quishuar in Spanish.[6]
Uses

The leaves are used in folk medicine against toothache and as diuretic.[2]
References

Synonyms: Tropicos
Norman, E. M. (2000). Buddlejaceae. Flora Neotropica 81. New York Botanical Garden, USA
Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
Yatiqirinaka Aru Pirwa, Lima, 2005 (Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
Meza, Mario Vargas (2002). Ecología y biodiversidad del Ecuador (in Spanish). M. Vargas. pp. 197, 210. ISBN 9789978424032.