Golden Dew Drop
Duranta repens
Also known as Duranta, Honey Drops, Pigeon Berry
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, West Bengal, Bihar & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Golden Dew Drop
Identify Golden Dew Drop by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Arching, sometimes thorny branches (golden dewdrop).
- Confirm leaf arrangement: Opposite.
- Confirm leaf shape: Ovate.
- Confirm flower colour: Purple.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Panicle.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Duranta repens
- Genus
- Duranta
- Family
- Verbenaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Planted
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- America
- Distribution
- Introduced in most parts of the world
- Found in India
- Karnataka, West Bengal, Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- OppositerecordedTwo leaves arise from the stem at the same point, facing each other.“The leaves are light green, elliptic to ovate, opposite, and grow up to 7.5 cm (3.0 in) long and 3.5 cm (1.4 in) broad, with a 1.5 cm petiole.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- OvaterecordedEgg-shaped, broader near the base.“The leaves are light green, elliptic to ovate, opposite, and grow up to 7.5 cm (3.0 in) long and 3.5 cm (1.4 in) broad, with a 1.5 cm petiole.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Golden Dew Drop itself; the rest are typical of the Verbenaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
- Flower arrangement
- PaniclerecordedA branching cluster of clusters.“The flowers are light-blue or lavender, produced in tight clusters located on terminal and axillary stems, sometimes appearing as panicles, frequently recurved or pendulous, bloomi” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit type
- BerryrecordedA fleshy fruit with seeds embedded directly in the pulp, no central stone.“The fruit is a small globose yellow or orange berry, up to 11 mm (0.43 in) diameter and containing several seeds.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Golden Dew Drop itself; the rest are typical of the Verbenaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Bengali
- নীল মেহেন্দি
About Golden Dew Drop
Golden Dew Drop (Duranta repens) is a shrub in the Verbenaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, West Bengal, Bihar and 3 other states. It is planted. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Uses
Locally it is planted as an ornamental.
Verbenaceae
Verbena/Teak family
Golden Dew Drop belongs to the Verbenaceae family.
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