Buddleja asiatica Lour.

 
  • Family : BUDDLEJACEAE
    (Butterfly-Bush Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BUDDLEJA FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Scrophulariaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Buddleja asiatica Lour.
  • Common name : White Butterfly Bush
  • Vernacular name :
    • Ninda (Hindi)
    • Karkkattan (Tamil)
    • Ninda (Oria)
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Comments / notes : Degraded forests. Occasional on hills up to 1600m,along shallow river banks, ravines, shola borders.
  • Key identification features : Shrubs, 1-4 m high; younger parts densely, greyish tomentose; Leaves oblolng or ovate-Ianceolate, entire or serrulate, densely woolly beneath; Flowers white in axillary or terminal, thyrsoid, cylindric spikelets; Capsules ovoid or ellipsoid, flattened.
  • Flower, Fruit : October-May
  • Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy, Sringeshwara, Noel Sebastian
  • Collection Date : 30-10-2018
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-1505
  • Collection Locality : Thollayiram forest, Wayanad district, Kerala
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
    • Karnataka : Kolar district
    • Kerala : Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Kollam district
    • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Bargarh district, Keonjhar district
    • Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district, Salem district
    • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
    • Uttarakhand : Nainital district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
    • Punjab : Punjab
  • Native : Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Southeast Asia, China, Pakistan, Malaysia
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
    • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
    • N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
    • Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Herbarium specimen from Thollayiram forest, Wayanad district, Kerala (not scanned)
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 177
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Buddleja asiatica. Downloaded on 6 October 2024.

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