Science Buddies: "Ask an Expert"

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.

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.

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!

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