Bhati / White Butterfly Bush
Buddleja asiatica
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Gujarat, Punjab & more
- Flowering
- October-May
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Buddleja asiatica
- Genus
- Buddleja
- Family
- Buddlejaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Distribution
- India, Southeast Asia, China, Pakistan, Malaysia
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Gujarat, Punjab, Sikkim, Assam, Manipur, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Maharashtra, Nagaland
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-May
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- LanceolaterecordedLong and narrow, tapering to a point, like a lance head.“The leaves are usually narrowly lanceolate to ovoid, < 30 cm long, attached by petioles 15 mm long, to branches round in section.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bhati itself; the rest are typical of the Buddlejaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
- Flower arrangement
- PaniclerecordedA branching cluster of clusters.“The sweetly scented flowers are usually white, occasionally pale violet, and borne in late winter at the ends of the long, lax branches in slender panicles, the size of which can v” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bhati itself; the rest are typical of the Buddlejaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Bhati, Dhura, Dhurbana
- Nepali
- भिमसेनपाती
- Kannada
- ಕರಕಾನೆ Karakaane, ಕರಕಣಿ, ಕರಕಾನಿ Karakani
About Bhati
White Butterfly Bush (Buddleja asiatica) is a shrub in the Buddlejaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Gujarat, Punjab and 13 other states. Flowering and fruiting run from October to May.
Uses
Locally it is harvested for fodder and burnt as firewood or charcoal.
Buddlejaceae
Butterfly-Bush Family
Bhati belongs to the Buddlejaceae family.
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