Common name
Mandarin: 大序醉鱼草 (da xu zui yu cao)
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Scrophulariales (81)
Family: Buddlejaceae (4)(family description)
Genus: Buddleja (4)
Epithet: macrostachya Benth. (1)
macrostachya => macro, meaning large, and stachya, spike-shaped, referring the the size and the shape of the inflorescence
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habit: arborescent
Flower colour: violet