| Buddleja incana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Buddlejaceae |
| Genus: | Buddleja |
| Species: | B. incana |
| Binomial name | |
| Buddleja incana Ruiz & Pav. |
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Buddleja incana (kiswar in Quechua, kiswara in Aymara and quisoar in Spanish) is endemic to Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia, growing in canyon bottoms along streams at elevations of 2,700 - 4,500 m. The species was first named and described by Ruiz and Pavon in 1798. [2] [3]
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B. incana is a dioecious tree or shrub, 4 - 15 m tall, the trunk < 50 cm at the base, the bark brownish and furrowed. The branches are subquadrangular and tomentose, and form a rounded crown. The coriaceous leaves are mostly oblong, 7 - 21 cm long by 1 - 5 cm wide, the upper surface glabrescent, often bullate or rugose, the lower white or yellowish tomentose. The yellow to orange paniculate inflorescences have 2 - 3 orders of leafy-bracted branches bearing heads 1 - 1.5 m in diameter, each with 15 - 40 flowers, the corollas 3 - 4 mm long. [3]
The leaves are used in folk medicine against toothache and as diuretic.[3]