Panicled Fuchsia is an evergreen shrub with a bushy
habit. Its mid green leaves are lanceshaped to elliptic-ovate with
entire margins, up to 15 cm long and 5 cm across. Its pink-purple
flowers with lavender petals are up to 1.5 cm long and appear in
branch-end panicles which are up to 15 cm long and 12 cm across. Its
green-blue fruit are ellipsoid berries, up to 9 mm long and 7 mm
across. Panicled Fuchsia is native to Central Mexico to Central
America, naturalized in Sri Lanka and probably South India.
Identification credit: S. Jeevith
Photographed in The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu.
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