Buddleja salviifolia (L.) Lam.
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Buddleja salviifolia

Family: SCROPHULARIACEAE
Genus: Buddleja
Species: salviifolia (L.) Lam.
Common names: South African Sagewood
Distribution summary: Africa
Habit: Shrub
Hardiness: H4 - Hardy; average winter
Habitat: Woodland, forest margins, ravines
Garden status: Currently grown
Garden location: Southern Hemisphere Wolfson bed (N)
Flowering months: July, August
Reason for growing: Commemorative, medicinal, toxic

Additional Notes

Named for Rev. Adam Buddle (1660-1715) English botanist and vicar of Farmbridge in Essex.

Stearn, W.T. (1996). Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners. Cassell.

A decoction of roots provides a remedy for cough and for relief of colic while an infusion of the leaves is applied as an eye lotion.

www.plantzafrica.com http://pza.sanbi.org/buddleja-salviifolia

Family name change - previously Buddlejaceae

Plants of the World online, Kew Science http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:25036-1 Link

Although not common there are a number of reports of people who have developed acute skin rashes, urticaria and wheezing after working with Buddleia plants. Please note: there is no information as to which species provoke this reaction.

Professor Anthony Dayan, 2022

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