Buddleja globosa Hope

Orange-ball-tree (en), Buddléa (fr), Buddléia globuleux (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Scrophulariaceae > Buddleja

Characteristics

Large shrub to 6-7 m high, mostly evergreen, deciduous in colder areas. Shoots ± quadrangular, creamy or yellowish tomentose. Lvs sessile or nearly so, 9-23 × 2-6 cm, lanceolate or narrow-ovate, rugose and glabrous above, cream or yellowish tomentose below, crenulate; base cuneate or subamplexicaul; apex acute to acuminate. Panicles of up to 10, globose, pedunculate heads; upper bracts linear or lanceolate. Peduncles tomentose, 2-30 mm long; heads 13-20 mm diam., composed of densely packed, sessile, fragrant orange fls. Calyx c. 2 mm long, tomentose; lobes shallow, ± triangular. Corolla tube c. 4 mm long, hairy outside; lobes 1-1.7 mm long, suborbicular to somewhat reniform, glabrous except near base outside, slightly imbricate. Stamens included, inserted c. 1/2 way along tube; anthers sessile. Style 2-3 mm long. Ovary tomentose. Capsule c. 5 mm long, obovoid or subglobose, hairy.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 2.5 - 4.5
Mature height (meter) 4.0 - 5.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Found at elevations up to 2000 metres.
Light 5-8
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

Uses environmental use gene source medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Hypotension (leaf), Liver diseases (leaf), Ulcer (leaf), Warts (leaf), Callus (unspecified), Wart (unspecified), Liver diseases (whole plant)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -18
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Buddleja globosa habit picture by Daniel Barthelemy (cc-by-nc)

Leaf

Buddleja globosa leaf picture by caballero maria jesus (cc-by-sa)
Buddleja globosa leaf picture by Celis Diego (cc-by-sa)
Buddleja globosa leaf picture by Suzanne Barral (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Buddleja globosa flower picture by Jan Bek (cc-by-sa)
Buddleja globosa flower picture by Jan Bek (cc-by-sa)
Buddleja globosa flower picture by kat emmett (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Buddleja globosa fruit picture by Daniel Barthelemy (cc-by-nc)
Buddleja globosa fruit picture by Daniel Barthelemy (cc-by-nc)
Buddleja globosa fruit picture by Caw Vus (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Buddleja globosa world distribution map, present in Argentina, Australia, Chile, New Zealand, and Uruguay

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:545763-1
WFO ID wfo-0000574052
COL ID NN3P
BDTFX ID 11341
INPN ID 86870
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Buddleja capitata Buddleja connata Buddleja globifera Buddleja globosa