Duranta erecta (Pigeon Berry)

One 1 2/3 to 6 2/3 feet (0.50 to 2 m) tall shrub from the genus Duranta and from the family Verbenaceae, flowers with small skyblue flowers and bears orange-yellow berries, which are inedible or poisionous. Its distribution area reachs from Texas and California over Mexico and West Indies to South America. It is mainly grown as hedge plant in Brazil, also in our garden.

Flowers of Duranta erecta in our garden in December 2009.

Berry fruits of Duranta erecta in our garden in December 2009.

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Updated by Joachim Jaeck on March 10th, 2010