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Family: Scrophulariaceae	Genus: Buddleja	Species: Buddleja madagascariensis Lam.( नीमदा )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Adenoplea madagascariensis (Lam.) Eastw., Buddleja heterophylla Lindl., Nicodemia madagascariensis (Lam.) R. Parker	Flower Color	Yellow - Orange
Common Name	Madagascar Butterfly Bush, Smoke bush	Flower Type	Cyme
English / Trade Name	Madagascar Butterfly Bush, Smoke bush	Flowering Period	April-June
Vernacular /Local Name	Neemda	Fruiting Period	July-Sept
Altitude	100-300 m	Fruit Type	Berry
Habit	Shrub	Fruit Details	Fruit is berry, white, becoming bluish purple at maturity, fleshy, round, about 2.5 mm in diameter.
Habitat	A weed of warmer temperate, sub-tropical and tropical regions in habitats where water and good drainage are available.	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	Native of Tropical Africa	Bark Details	Its older branches are woody and its younger branches are densely covered in whitish or yellowish hairs.
Distribution in Haryana	Sonepat	Origin	Exotic
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Ovate
Description of Species	Sprawling shrub, 2-3 m tall. Stems are densely velvety. Leaves oppositely arranged, narrowly ovate, Upper side of the leaves is smooth, under-side densely velvety which makes it look silvery or smokey; leaf margins entire. Flowers cymes at the end of branches. Sepals bell-shaped, densely velvety. Flowers orange- yellow, densely velvety on the outside and smooth within. Fruit white, becoming bluish purple at maturity, fleshy, round.	Leaf Details	Leaves oppositely arranged, narrowly ovate, Upper side of the leaves is smooth, under-side densely velvety which makes it look silvery or smokey; leaf margins entire.

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