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Duranta

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Duranta
A likeness, affixed

15 March 2025

Duranta erecta

85% certain

Family
Verbenaceae
Origin
Tropical America
Bloom season
Warm months
Colors
blue, violet, white
Habitat
Tropical hedges, courtyards, and sunny banks
Symbolism
Welcome, and a hedge that keeps talking

Small two-lipped lilac florets in loose clusters on a glossy shrub that later carries strings of gold berries.

Care. Give full sun and a trim after a flush; frost nips it and it usually returns from the base.

A note. The gold berries give it the name golden dewdrop, though birds eat them more readily than people should.

Or perhaps

  • Jacaranda — 12%
  • Plumbago — 3%

Notes on the photograph

Copied from the marks left by the camera.

Captured
Mar 15, 2025, 1:30 PM
Camera
Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Lens
iPhone 14 Pro Max back triple camera 6.86mm f/1.78
Focal length
6.9mm
Aperture
f/1.8
Shutter
1/154s
ISO
80
Dimensions
4032 × 3024

Where it was found

The place is taken from the photograph's own memory, if any.

18.4400° N, 69.9636° W

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