Buddleja polystachya Fresen.

Robust shrub, up to 5 m. tall, with pale brown bark; young parts densely flocculent, glabrescent.. Leaves shortly petiolate; petiole up to 5 mm. long; lamina up to 16 cm. long, 4 cm. wide, lanceolate, gradually narrowing above to an acute apex, convergent below, serrate at least in part.. Inflorescence a compound raceme of short subglomerulate clusters; lateral racemes up to 15 cm. long and less than 2 cm. in diameter; pedicels obscure.. Corolla reddish-orange; corolla-lobes almost square, with rounded apex.. Anthers subsessile, inserted just within the throat.. Ovary narrowly ovoid, shortly hirsute.. Fig. 6/1–5.

It is a tropical plant. In Ethiopia it grows in the highlands in both dry and moist forests. It grows between 2,200-3,600 m altitude.

The fruit are eaten raw.

Plants can be grown by seed or cuttings.