Common name: Variegated Sky Flower, Duranta, Honey drops, Golden Dewdrop, Pigeon Berry
Common name: Variegated Sky Flower, Duranta, Honey drops, Golden Dewdrop, Pigeon Berry
This is a form of sky flower with variegated leaves - these do not bloom so profusely and are usually grown primarily for their foliage. However, beautiful lavender-blue flowers do appear in loose clusters on this plant. ( There were some right on top but I could not zoom into those - as it is, this was photographed from a road and therefore the close view was not possible!)
This is a shrub and can grow into a small tree. The fruits are small yellow berries from which the shrub gets its name - is toxic for children and animals - but not to birds!
Botanical name: Duranta repens/erecta 'Variegata' Family: Verbenaceae (verbena family)
Picture taken at Secunderabad and Shilparamam
Info - Wiki and Flowers of India
I have two of these trees in my garden in Pretoria, but not certain how they got there, did not plant them, I am over 18 years here. One is above seven meter high, and the other about 5 m wide and 5 m tall. The pigeons, birds, bees and other insects love them. Unfortunately the rats enter our roof via the one tree, but the tree will last!
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by. Do you have a blog? could not find a link. I have seen this only as a shrub. A tree!
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