Buddleja salviifolia
Description
Buddleja salviifolia is a large, semi-evergreen shrub, multi-stemmed, with untidy, drooping branches, typically reaching a height of 4 - 8 m. The bark is grey-brown and stringy. The shoots are quadrangular in section, and covered with a dense reddish-brown indumentum. The distinctive leaves, with their rugose upper surfaces, bear a resemblance to those of sage, hence the specific epithet. The leaf is sessile to shortly petiolate, the blade narrowly ovate to narrowly oblong, long acuminate to an acute apex, and cordate at the base.Medicinal uses include herbal tea for cough and colic and infusion of leaves as an eye lotion. See http://pza.sanbi.org/buddleja-salviifolia
Other names include: butterfly bush, mountain sage (Eng.); ilotana, igqange (Xhosa); igwangi, iloshane, ilothane, ilotshane, mupambati (Zulu); chipambati, mupambati (Shona); lelothwane (Southern Sotho); umbataewepe (Swati), mupambati (Tswana)
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Scientific name
Buddleja salviifolia
Common name(s)
Sagewood