why is it cultivated?
As a source of humus for soil improvement.
Buddleja coriacea
"Buddleja coriacea" is cultivated in the high Andes as a field windbreak, as a source of humus for soil improvement, and as high quality, rotproof timber for use in building construction and manufacture of agricultural tools.
what is ubinas? An active stratovolcano. where is it located? Moquegua Region of southern Peru. was it erupted before? Yea, between 2006 and 2007. how is the climate in the region? The summit of Ubinas has a cold climate with temperatures frequently falling below. are the emissions from the volcano, useful to humans? Used for geothermal energy production. what types of plants can be seen in those areas? Buddleja coriacea, Escallonia myrtilloides and Polylepis besse.rii what type of plant is the first one? A sprawling trioecious shrub or tree.
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Buddleja coriacea [SEP] Cultivation
"Buddleja coriacea" is cultivated in the high Andes as a field windbreak, as a source of humus for soil improvement, and as high quality, rotproof timber for use in building construction and manufacture of agricultural tools. The shrub was introduced to horticulture in the UK circa 1994, and specimens are held as part of the NCCPG national collection at the Longstock Park Nursery, near Stockbridge. Although not entirely hardy in the UK, the shrub can survive most winters with a modicum of protection; overwinter waterlogging regarded as a greater danger to the plant. The shrub has never been known to flower in the UK owing to either the insufficient intensity or duration of sunlight.