DURANTA PLUMIERI 
DURANTA C. Durante (i f 29-1 490), Italian physician and herbalist 
PLUMIERI of C. Plumteri ( 1646 - 1704 ), author of works on 
West Indian fora. 
English name: 
Golden dew-drop. 
Family : 
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Cdtin try of origin ; 
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Colour : 
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Verbenaceae. 
Tropical America. 
flowers pale blue or white ; 
fruit orange. 
Garden use : an erect shrub of rather open 
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Propagation : 
branching, needing a sunny 
place, flowering frequently 
and fruiting freely. 
by Woody cuttings or seeds. 
A, two flowers. 
B, ripe fruit covered by the persistent calyx 
(tips of sepals showing), 
C, section of base of flower showing calyx, 
tubular base of corolla with 2 of the 4 stamens 
attached to it, and superior ovary with style 
and stigma. 
