Category : Angiosperms Share
Scientific Name : Duranta erecta L.
Created By: Abhishek Bhor, Department of Botany, Annasaheb Awate Arts, Commerce and Hutatma Babu Genu Science College, Manchar
Created On: 17-08-2022
Specimen Information
Common Name(s):नीलकांता, Pigeon Berry
Synonym(s): Duranta angustifolia Salisb. Duranta baumgartenii K.Koch Duranta baumgartenii K.Koch Duranta baumgartii Hibberd Duranta brachypoda Tod. Duranta dentata Pers. Duranta ellisia Jacq. Duranta erecta var. grandiflora (Moldenke) Caro Duranta inermis L. Duranta integrifolia Tod. Duranta latifolia Salisb. Duranta macrodonta Moldenke Duranta microphylla Desf. Duranta plumieri Jacq. Duranta plumieri var. alba Mast. Duranta plumieri var. ellisia (Jacq.) F.M.Bailey Duranta plumieri var. normalis F.M.Bailey Duranta plumieri var. strigillosa Schauer Duranta plumieri f. variegata F.M.Bailey Duranta racemosa Mill. Duranta repens L. Duranta repens f. acuta (L.) Kuntze Duranta repens var. ellisia (Jacq.) R.R.Fernandez Duranta repens var. ellisia (F.M.Bailey) Domin Duranta repens f. grandiflora (Moldenke) Moldenke Duranta repens var. grandiflora Moldenke Duranta repens f. integrifolia (Tod.) Moldenke Duranta repens f. microphylla (Desf.) Moldenke Duranta repens var. microphylla (Desf.) Moldenke Duranta repens var. multidentata Kuntze Duranta repens var. mutisii Kuntze Duranta repens var. normalis (F.M.Bailey) Domin Duranta repens f. obtusifolia Kuntze Duranta repens var. paucidentata Kuntze Duranta repens f. serrata (Moldenke) Moldenke Duranta repens var. serrata Moldenke Duranta repens f. variegata (L.H.Bailey) Moldenke Duranta repens var. variegata L.H.Bailey Duranta repens f. variegata (F.M.Bailey) Domin Duranta repens f. vestita Kuntze Duranta rostrata Pasq. Duranta serratifolia var. variegata Moldenke Duranta spinosa Mill. Duranta turbinata Tod. Ellisia acuta L.
Family: Verbenaceae
Status: Alive
Description
Habit : A small shrub with branched tap root system. Stem : Square, herbaceous but woody below, erect, branched, solid, green. Leaves : Ramal and cauline, simple, opposite decussate or whorled, petiolate, obovate, ovate or elliptic, entire, with axillary thorns and unicostate reticulate venation. Inflorescence : Axillary or terminal racemes forming panicles. Flowers : Complete, bisexual, bracteates, bracts small at the base of the flowers, pedicellate, hypogynous, zygomorphic, pentamerous, bluish-white in colour. Calyx made up of 5 sepals, gamosepalous, slightly tubular, persistent, valvate, small, teeth 5. Corolla made up of 5 petals, gamopetalous, tubular with unequal lobes, three anterior lobes are larger than two posterior; quincuncial, corolla tube slightly curved, rotate, lilac or light-blue. Stamens 4, polyandrous, epipetalous, didynamous, posterior stamen is absent, sagitate, dithecous, basifixed, introrse. Gynoecium is tetracarpellary, syncarpous, superior, tetralocular, each locule with two ovules; axile placentation; style simple; stigma simple, bifid or 4 lobed. Fruit : Drupe fleshy with enlarged calyx with four 2-chambered stones, orange. Seeds : 8, obovate-oblong, smooth, glabrous. Flowering and Fruiting Time : Throughout the year. Significance : Commonly cultivated in the gardens and used as a border or hedge plant. Fruit juice is also known to be used against mosquitoes.