Mazhar Botanic Garden

Buddleja asiatica Lour.

Asian butterfly bush White Butterfly bush

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000714
English name: Asian butterfly bush, White Butterfly bush
Arabic name: بدليا بيضاء
Native: Malaysia, China, Burma, India
Country: China India Malaysia
(PGR): Common

Semi evergreen shrub growing 1-7 m tall  leaves narrow lanceolate to ovoid 15-30 cm long flowers white  fragrant, or pale violet, lax branches  in slender panicles fruit capsule oblong-ovate, about 3 mm long

Ornamental shrub. The wood may be used for making walking sticks.

Buddleja densiflora Blume

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Texture: Clay Fertile Loam Sandy
Fertility: Intermediate
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Humidity Moderate Water
Climates: Subtropics Temperate Tropical
Lights: Light shade
Propagation: Cuttings
Flowering time: Winter
Zone: 7 : 10
pH range: 5.5- 7.0
Status: Common
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Shrub
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Evergreen shrub
pH: Alkaline

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