Matico

Buddleja globosa

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)

Fontes e Créditos

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

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