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Family: Verbenaceae	Genus: Duranta	Species: Duranta erecta L.( दुरांता )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

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	The Fruit Is A Small Globose Yellow Or Orange Berry Up To 11 Mm Diameter And Containing Several Seeds
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 dark brown, Becoming Rough
Distribution in Haryana	Ambala, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jhajjar, Jind, Karnal, Kurukshetra, M. Garh, Mewat, Morni-Pinjore, Palwal, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Yamuna Nagar	Origin	Exotic
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Elliptic
Description of Species	Shrub erect or scandent 5-15 ft. Bark dark brown. Leaves opposite, ovate-elliptic, obovate-oblong, lanceolate or ovate, 2-6 x 1.5-3 cm across, base cuneate to acute, margin entire to dentate-serrate. Petiole 0.5-1 cm long. Inflorescence racemose panicles, axillary,terminal and on branchlets 5-25cm long.Flowers zygomorphic slender,pedicellate about1-4mmlong, Calyxtubular or sub hypcrateriform 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, 2-6 X 1.5-3 Cm Across, Base Cuneate To Acute, Margin Entire To Dentate-serrate. Petiole 0.5-1 Cm Long

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