Smokebush (Buddleja madagascariensis)
Description
Straggling shrub,2-6.4 m tall.Stem covered with a greyish-white tomentum.Leaves 4-8 cm long,acute to acuminate,entire to slightly undulate,glabrous above,tomentose beneath;tomentum stellate greyish-white;petiole c.1.5 cm long;Flower c.1 cm long;bract linear,3-4 mm long,tomentose;pedicel 2 mm long,tomentose.Calyx campanulate;lobes elliptic-ovate,acute,c.3 mm long,tomentose.Corolla tube 6-7 mm long,sparsely pubes-cent;lobes c.3 mm long,broadly ovate,entire,glabrous.Stamens 4-5;anthers sub-sessile,1 mm long.Ovary 1.5 mm long,ovoid,pubescent;style 2-2.5 mm long;stigma l mm long,oblong,sparsely pubescent.Berry black,shiny,5-6 mm broad.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Lamiales
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Family: Scrophulariaceae
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Genus: Buddleja
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