Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Verbenaceae | Genus: Duranta | Species: Duranta erecta Linn. |
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| Synonym | Duranta dentata Pers., Duranta angustifolia Salisb., Duranta repens L. | Flower Color | Blue - Purple |
| Common Name | Golden Dewdrop, Pigeonberry | Flower Type | Raceme |
| English / Trade Name | Sky Flower | Flowering Period | July-Sept |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Duranta | Fruiting Period | Oct-Dec |
| Altitude | Up To1000-1500 M | Fruit Type | Berry |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | TFruit drupe globose about 0.75-1 cm in diameter, shining yellow |
| Habitat | Widely Cultivated As An Ornamental Plant | Bark Type | Rugged |
| Distribution | Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Europe | Bark Details | Bark light grey to dark brown, becoming rough |
| Distribution in chandigarh | , Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary, Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park, Sector 1, Sector 3, Sector 7, Sector 9, Sector 11, Sector 14, Sector 16, Sector 18, Sector 21, Sector 22, Sector 30, Sector 38, Sector 39, Sector 40, Sector 42, Sector 44, Sector 45 | Origin | Exotic |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | Shrub erect or scandent up to 6m tall. Bark dark brown. Leaves opposite, ovate-elliptic, obovate-oblong, lanceolate or ovate, base cuneate to acute, margin entire to dentate-serrate. Petiole long. Flowers racemose, in terminal panicles, axillary, terminal, slender; calyx tubular or sub-hypocrateriform 5 toothed with acute teeth, sparsely pubescent and light green colored. Corolla hypocrateriform, unequal 5 lobed, blue, purple and yellowish purple, apex truncate.stamens4, didynamous.ovary globose about 1 mm long. Style slender about half the length of the corolla tube, glabrous.stigma capitates, shortly 4 lobed. Fruit drupe globose about 0.75-1 cm in diameter, shining yellow | Leaf Details | Leaves opposite, ovate-elliptic, obovate-oblong, lanceolate or ovate, base cuneate to acute, margin entire to dentate-serrate. Petiole long. |
