''Buddleja sphaerocalyx'' is a species of
flowering plant endemic to
Madagascar. It grows in moist forests, principally along river banks, at altitudes of 300 – 2,200 m.
[Leeuwenberg, A. J. M. (1979). ''The Loganiceae of Africa XVIII - Buddleja LII, Revision of the African & Asiatic species.'' H. Veenman & Zonen B. V., Wageningen, Nederland. 79 - 6 (1979).] The species was named and described in 1887 by
Baker
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History
Ancient history
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[Baker, J. G. ''Journ. Linn. Soc.'' 22: 505. 1887]
Description
''Buddleja sphaerocalyx'' is a
sarmentose shrub 2 – 3 m in height, the branchlets obscurely quadrangular, bearing opposite,
connate-perfoliate leaves, 10 – 21 cm long by 3.0 – 11 cm wide, narrowly
ovate
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*Ovate (egg-shaped) leaves, tepals, or other botanical parts
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*Vates
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acuminate at the apex, and narrowing abruptly at the base; the margins irregularly
crenate - dentate. The white
inflorescences comprise solitary
axil
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lary flowers 4 – 10 cm long by 1.5 – 6 cm wide; the
corollas 8.5 – 20 mm long.
''Buddleja sphaerocalyx'' is closely allied to
''B. axillaris'' and
''B. cuspidata''.
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Cultivation
''Buddleja sphaerocalyx'' is not known to be in cultivation.[
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References
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sphaerocalyx
Plants described in 1887
Endemic flora of Madagascar
Flora of the Madagascar ericoid thickets
Flora of the Madagascar lowland forests
Flora of the Madagascar subhumid forests