Mazhar Botanic Garden

Duranta plumieri ‘Thewet’

Blue Duranta

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000366
Common name: Blue Duranta
Arabic name: دورانتا زرقاء برائحة الفانيليا
Native: South USA
Country: United States
(PGR): Rare

shrub usually growing 2-4 m tall leaves simple and paired or occasionally borne in whorls of three flower blue or pale purple, borne in elongated clusters (5-30 cm long) at the tips of the branches and in the upper leaf stalks fruit globose, berry borne in large cluster

Ornamental plant . The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and insect repellent.

Duranta repens L , Duranta erecta L

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Texture: Loam
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Seeds, cuttings
Flowering time: Summer and autumn
Zone: 10

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