Buddleja cordata

Buddleja cordata
B. cordata flowers

Longstock Park Nursery
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Buddlejaceae
Genus: Buddleja
Species: B. cordata
Binomial name
Buddleja cordata
Kunth
Synonyms
  • Buddleja acuminata Kunth
  • Buddleja astralis Standl. & Steyerm.
  • Buddleja cordata Kunth var. teposan Loes.
  • Buddleja decurrens Schltdl. & Cham.
  • Buddleja floccosa Kunth
  • Buddleja floccosa Kunth var. crassifolia Loes.
  • Buddleja humboldtiana Willd. ex Schultes & Schultes
  • Buddleja macrophylla Kunth
  • Buddleja ovalifolia Kunth
  • Buddleja propinqua Kunth
  • Buddleja spectabilis Kunth & Bouché

Buddleja cordata is endemic to Mexico, growing along forest edges and water courses at elevations of 1500 – 3000 m.[1][2]

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Description

B. cordata is a large deciduous shrub or tree < 20 m tall in the wild. The bark of the stem is furrowed, brownish or blackish in colour. The cordate leaves are opposite and paired. The small flowers range from white to yellow, and form loose terminal panicles.[2]

Cultivation

The species is cold hardy in the UK. A large specimen grows in the Centenary Border of the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens in Hampshire, another as part of the NCCPG national collection at Longstock Park Nursery, also in Hampshire.

Uses

The species (and the genus as a whole) contain secondary metabolites such as flavonoids and iridoid glycosides which have shewn much promise in the treatment of cancers and a wide range of other disorders.[1]

Suppliers

UK nurseries stocking the plant can be found in the RHS Plantfinder [1].

References

  1. ^ a b Norman, E. M. (2000). Buddlejaceae. Flora Neotropica 81, New York Botanical Garden, USA
  2. ^ a b Stuart, D. (2006). Buddlejas. Timber Press, Oregon, USA. ISBN 9780881926880