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Sky Flower

Duranta erecta

Description:

Duranta erecta is a species of flowering shrub in the verbena family Verbenaceae, native from Mexico to South America and the Caribbean. It is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant in tropical and subtropical gardens throughout the world, and has become naturalized in many places. For example have spotted it in temple town Melukote, Karnataka gardens

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Sky Flower
Duranta erecta Duranta erecta - Sky Flower


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4 Comments

Nice info alice :) As per wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duranta_ere... Golden Dewdrops and Sky flower refer to same plant :-) yes, Sky vine is different http://www.gardenality.com/Plants/375/Vi...

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 10 years ago

hi Alice, Skyflower is also called Golden Dewdrop
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duranta_ere...

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 10 years ago

Check out Golden Dewdrops. I do not think it is Sky vine unless you have a different name than we do.

Thanks again for the tag Nuwan :-) one more pic with fruit is also Sky flower plant i guess..

Karnataka, India

Spotted on Mar 30, 2013
Submitted on Apr 15, 2013

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