Common name ²

Matico
Pañil

English names ²

orange-ball-tree
orange ball buddleja

General information ²

Flowering plant endemic to Chile, Argentina, Bolivia and Peru
Important medicinal plant: infusion of leaves and flowers and paste made with the crushed leaves used to heal wounds and burns
"En el idioma shipibo-conibo, los nativos lo conocen con el nombre de “potoima rao”. En este idioma, potoima significa empacho y rao, remedio." (wiki)

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Carron Brown, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), https://www.flickr.com/photos/carron/4586283122/
2. (c) Alice Roy-Bolduc, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Atlas of Living Australia
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• NBN Atlas
• New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• World Flora Online

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