Smoker Bush
Buddleja madagascariensis
Also known as Madagascar Butterfly Bush
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Delhi, Gujarat & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Smoker Bush
Identify Smoker Bush by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Clusters of small orange flowers.
- Confirm leaf arrangement: Opposite.
- Confirm leaf shape: Ovate.
- Confirm flower colour: Orange.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Panicle.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Buddleja madagascariensis
- Genus
- Buddleja
- Family
- Buddlejaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Native to
- Madagascar
- Distribution
- Cultivated in Paleotropics
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- OppositerecordedTwo leaves arise from the stem at the same point, facing each other.“The dark green leaves are opposite, narrowly ovate, < 12 cm long, with petioles < 2 cm long, the surface bearing impressed reticulate venation, and densely pubescent.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- OvaterecordedEgg-shaped, broader near the base.“The dark green leaves are opposite, narrowly ovate, < 12 cm long, with petioles < 2 cm long, the surface bearing impressed reticulate venation, and densely pubescent.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- PubescentrecordedCovered in short, soft hairs.“The dark green leaves are opposite, narrowly ovate, < 12 cm long, with petioles < 2 cm long, the surface bearing impressed reticulate venation, and densely pubescent.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Characters marked “recorded” are for Smoker Bush itself; the rest are typical of the Buddlejaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Orangerecorded
- Flower arrangement
- PaniclerecordedA branching cluster of clusters.“The fragrant flowers form slender terminal panicles < 25 centimetres (9.8 in) long, and range in colour from deep yellow, through orange, to pink.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Characters marked “recorded” are for Smoker Bush itself; the rest are typical of the Buddlejaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Smoker Bush
A member of the Buddlejaceae family, Smoker Bush (Buddleja madagascariensis) is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Delhi, Gujarat and 4 other states. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Uses
Locally it is planted as an ornamental.
Buddlejaceae
Butterfly-Bush Family
Smoker Bush belongs to the Buddlejaceae family.
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