Plants of the genus Callicarpa have emerged as prolific sources of structurally diverse diterpenoids, encompassing labdane, abietane and clerodane skeletons. These natural products exhibit a broad ...

This time of year, people keep stopping me to ask, "What is that plant with the purple berries?" No one can believe the color the first time they notice a beautyberry (Callicarpa bodinieri), which is ...

It's almost time to be on the lookout for berries to bring into the house. The standard option is holly, from which came the Christmas colour combination of red and green. It's the cheapest, most ...

Beautyberry is a common landscape shrub with a fantastic berry display that is at its peak now. Clusters of purple berries cover the stems of beautyberry in fall, often weighing them down and ...

American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) is one of those shrubs that goes unnoticed until bright purple berries adorn the lengths of its limbs, and then, it is hard to miss. It is not very often ...

OK, it’s nothing special for half of the year – but, oh, those marvellous berries What is it? Outside its peak season, the beautyberry (aka callicarpa) is an unremarkable – OK, boring – hardy ...

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