Golden dewdrops

Duranta erecta L.

Mexico to northern South America

Fun factBirds eat the golden berries unharmed, while the same fruit is highly poisonous to humans and pets.

Golden dewdrop is a fast-growing, sprawling evergreen shrub or small tree of the verbena family, with drooping branches that carry paired spines. Sprays of small tubular flowers in light blue, violet or white appear from summer into autumn and are followed by long trailing clusters of glossy orange-yellow berries, the 'golden dewdrops', which often hang on the plant alongside the flowers. Bees, butterflies and hummingbirds visit the flowers and birds eat the berries, but the fruit and leaves are poisonous to people and pets.

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Mexico to northern South America and the Caribbean

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FamilyVerbenaceae

Spanish nameAdonis

Also known asGolden dewdrop, Pigeon berry, Skyflower, Adonis, Espino negro

Native toMexico to northern South America and the Caribbean, and possibly southern Florida; now naturalised throughout the tropics and subtropics

Tag	Garden area	Zone	Planted	Status	Sponsored	Note
—	—	—	24 May 2018	Planted	—

1 of these has no tag yet; it will be numbered when the garden team re-tags the estate.