Pollia condensata

Description

Pollia condensata, commonly called the marble berry, is a perennial herbaceous plant with stoloniferous stems and hard, dry, shiny, round, metallic blue fruit. It is found in forested regions of Africa. The blue colour of the fruit, created by structural coloration, is the most intense of any known biological material.The plant was originally described from Angola,in western Africa. It has large, smooth, narrow leaves, and pale pink or whitish flowers on a stem about 60 cm high.The fruit capsule is about 4 mm in diameter.