Taxon: Duranta erecta L.

Summary

Genus:

Duranta

Family:

Verbenaceae

Nomen number:

405771

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:637. 1753

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

03/13/2008 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

17 (3 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Duranta ellisia Jacq.
Duranta plumieri Jacq.
Duranta repens L.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica Note: = Duranta repens L.
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
Bromley, G. L. R. 1984. Duranta repens versus D. erecta (Verbenaceae). Kew Bull. 39:803.
Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas
Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage Note: = Duranta repens L.
Everest, S. L. 1981. Poisonous plants of Australia. Note: poisonous
Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds. 1978-. Flora de Veracruz. Note: = Duranta repens L.
Görts-van Rijn, A. R. A., ed. 1986-. Flora of the Guianas.
Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12
Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Killeen, T. J. et al. 1993. Guia de arboles de Bolivia Note: = Duranta repens L.
Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants Note: poisonous
León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946-1969. Flora de Cuba Note: = Duranta repens L.
Liogier, H. A. 1984-. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands.
Munir, A. A. 1995. A taxonomic revision of the genus Duranta L. (Verbenaceae) in Australia. J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 16:1-16.
Sanders, R. W. 1984. Provisional synopsis of the species and natural hybrids in Duranta (Verbenaceae). Sida 10:312. Note: = Duranta repens L.
Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala. Note: = Duranta repens L.
Staples, G. W. & D. R. Herbst. 1996. Nomenclatural changes affecting cultivated plants. I. Baileya 23:180.
Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995-. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Note: Missouri Botanical Garden & Timber Press
Turner, B. L. et al. 2003. Atlas of the vascular plants of Texas. Sida Botanical Miscellany no. 24
Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama. Note: = Duranta repens L.
Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen. Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource).
Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	golden dewdrop	1	Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama. Note: = Duranta repens L.
English	golden dewdrops	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	pigeonberry	1	Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
English	skyflower	1	Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama. Note: = Duranta repens L.
Afrikaans	vergeet-my-nie-boom	2	Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12
Swedish	duvbär	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Baja
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	San Luis Potosí
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Tamaulipas
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Campeche
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Ciudad de México
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Hidalgo
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	México
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Morelos
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Puebla
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Querétaro
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Tabasco
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave		Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds. 1978-. Flora de Veracruz. Note: = Duranta repens L.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Yucatán
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Bahia
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Espírito Santo
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Minas Gerais
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Paraíba
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Rio de Janeiro
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	São Paulo
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Antigua and Barbuda			Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Bahamas
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Barbados			Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Cuba			León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946-1969. Flora de Cuba Note: = Duranta repens L.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Guadeloupe			Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Hispaniola
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Jamaica			Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica Note: = Duranta repens L.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Martinique			Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Montserrat			Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	St. Kitts and Nevis			Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	St. Lucia			Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	United States	Puerto Rico		Liogier, H. A. 1984-. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	United States	Virgin Islands, U.S.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	United States	Virgin Islands, U.S.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Virgin Islands (British)	Virgin Gorda
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Belize
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Costa Rica
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	El Salvador
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Guatemala
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Honduras
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Nicaragua
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Panama			Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama. Note: = Duranta repens L.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Suriname			Görts-van Rijn, A. R. A., ed. 1986-. Flora of the Guianas.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Buenos Aires		Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Chaco		Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Entre Ríos		Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Formosa		Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Misiones		Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Santa Fe		Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia			Killeen, T. J. et al. 1993. Guia de arboles de Bolivia Note: = Duranta repens L.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	El Oro
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Esmeraldas
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Galápagos
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Loja
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Los Ríos
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Manabí
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Pichincha
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Cajamarca		Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Cusco		Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Lambayeque		Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Lima		Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Piura		Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Puno		Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
2	Cultivated					also cult. in tropics & subtropics
4	Naturalized					also natzd. elsewhere in tropics & subtropics
4	Naturalized	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Mayotte			Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Reunion			Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Asia-Temperate	China	China			Munir, A. A. 1995. A taxonomic revision of the genus Duranta L. (Verbenaceae) in Australia. J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 16:1-16.
4	Naturalized	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Taiwan			Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India			Munir, A. A. 1995. A taxonomic revision of the genus Duranta L. (Verbenaceae) in Australia. J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 16:1-16.
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Philippines			Munir, A. A. 1995. A taxonomic revision of the genus Duranta L. (Verbenaceae) in Australia. J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 16:1-16.
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Papuasia	Papua New Guinea			Munir, A. A. 1995. A taxonomic revision of the genus Duranta L. (Verbenaceae) in Australia. J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 16:1-16.
4	Naturalized	Australasia	Australia	Australia			Munir, A. A. 1995. A taxonomic revision of the genus Duranta L. (Verbenaceae) in Australia. J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 16:1-16.
4	Naturalized	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas	e.	Turner, B. L. et al. 2003. Atlas of the vascular plants of Texas. Sida Botanical Miscellany no. 24
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Florida	s.	Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen. Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Pacific	North-Central Pacific	United States	Hawaii		Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Northwestern Pacific	Marshall Islands			Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Northwestern Pacific	Micronesia			Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Northwestern Pacific	United States	Guam		Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Northwestern Pacific	United States	Northern Mariana Islands		Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Pacific	South-Central Pacific	French Polynesia			Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	Fiji			Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	New Caledonia			Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	Tonga			Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).

Native
Northern America

NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Baja, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Campeche, Ciudad de México, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Tabasco, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Yucatán]

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Hispaniola, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Montserrat, Martinique, United States [Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S., Virgin Islands, U.S.], Virgin Islands (British) [Virgin Gorda]
CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Suriname, Venezuela
BRAZIL: Brazil [Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Paraíba, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo]
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador [El Oro, Esmeraldas, Galápagos, Loja, Los Ríos, Manabí, Pichincha], Peru [Cajamarca, Cusco, Lambayeque, Lima, Piura, Puno]
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Buenos Aires, Chaco, Entre Ríos, Formosa, Misiones, Santa Fe], Paraguay

Cultivated (also cult. in tropics & subtropics)
Naturalized

REGION:

Africa

WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Reunion, Mayotte

Asia-Temperate

CHINA: China
EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
PAPUASIA: Papua New Guinea
MALESIA: Philippines

Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia

Northern America

SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida (s.)]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas (e.)]

Pacific

NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Micronesia, Marshall Islands, United States [Guam, Northern Mariana Islands]
SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: French Polynesia
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji, New Caledonia, Tonga

Reference(s)

Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica Note: = Duranta repens L.
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds. 1978-. Flora de Veracruz. Note: = Duranta repens L.
Görts-van Rijn, A. R. A., ed. 1986-. Flora of the Guianas.
Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
Killeen, T. J. et al. 1993. Guia de arboles de Bolivia Note: = Duranta repens L.
León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946-1969. Flora de Cuba Note: = Duranta repens L.
Liogier, H. A. 1984-. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands.
Munir, A. A. 1995. A taxonomic revision of the genus Duranta L. (Verbenaceae) in Australia. J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 16:1-16.
Turner, B. L. et al. 2003. Atlas of the vascular plants of Texas. Sida Botanical Miscellany no. 24
Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama. Note: = Duranta repens L.
Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen. Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource).
Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental		Görts-van Rijn, A. R. A., ed. 1986-. Flora of the Guianas.
Environmental	ornamental		Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama. Note: = Duranta repens L.
Medicines	folklore		Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Vertebrate poisons	mammals		Staples, G. W. & D. R. Herbst. 1996. Nomenclatural changes affecting cultivated plants. I. Baileya 23:180.
Vertebrate poisons	mammals		Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants Note: poisonous
Vertebrate poisons	mammals		Everest, S. L. 1981. Poisonous plants of Australia. Note: poisonous
Vertebrate poisons	mammals	as Duranta repens	Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 295. Note: as Duranta repens

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=405771. Accessed 12 May 2026.