fruits of the duranta erecta plant as pesticide

jul8 · Post by **jul8** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 5:20 am

HELLO!!!

I am having a hard time in searching the background of the duranta erecta plant and its fruits. It has small green leaves, blue beautiful flowers and its fruits are yellow. I hope you can help me in searching the background of the duranta erecta plant and its fruits.

Thanks.

deleted-2131 · Post by **deleted-2131** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 2:14 pm

Try looking at the links given by:

http://www.answers.com/duranta%20erecta%20

I just submitted "duranta erecta" to the search engine and got several results.

jul8 · Post by **jul8** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 8:56 pm

HELLO!!!

In the site that you gave me I found out that the fruits of duranta erecta is poisonous. But the chemical components of the fruits that makes it poisonous is not written there. I would like to ask help from you to find another site about the chemical components of the fruits of the duranta erecta plant.

Thanks in advance!

deleted-2131 · Post by **deleted-2131** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 1:58 pm

The compounds that make duranta erecta posionous are called saponins. Try an internet search on saponins and you will find a wealth of information.

fruits of the duranta erecta plant as pesticide

fruits of the duranta erecta plant as pesticide

chemical components of the fruits of duranta erecta