Duranta mutisii
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Verbenaceae |
| Genus: | Duranta |
| Species: | D. mutisii |
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| Duranta mutisii | |
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Duranta mutisii, commonly known as espino in Spanish, is a shrub of the family Verbenaceae that is found in South America.
It is a shrub that can reach 8 meters high, with more or less dense foliage, has an irregular crown, with abundant branching and subquadrangular branches. Its leaves are simple opposite, with an entire border, smooth, leathery, with an acute apex and cuneate base, without stipules and without exudate. The spines are opposite and curved. The flowers are light blue, tubular, grouped in axillary inflorescences in the form of a cluster. The fruits are yellow, round, apiculated, with yellow pulp and each contains one seed.[2]