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Duranta repens - Pigeon Berry Tree


Duranta repens - Pigeon Berry Tree (Duranta repens)

Another of the pigeon berry shrub in bloom with berries. Pic taken today.



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Why Pigeon Berry?
Do the pigeons eat the berries?

7 Oct, 2008

 

I think it's because pigeons and other birds eat the berries.

9 Oct, 2008

 

Marguerite,

I will have to remember your bad experience if I ever plant this shrub/tree. It sounds like it was a nightmare.

I've heard they can become invasive...the birds eat the seeds and the seeds germinate through their droppings, like many other plants and trees. This plant is common as a shrub...however, the variegated Duranta tree I posted is the largest I have ever seen in California. Do they grow this large (over 10 meters) in Australia? I know in Florida where they are native they grow large.

12 Oct, 2008



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