Tag: This fruit attracts birds with an unusual way of making itself metallic blue

“#This fruit attracts birds with an unusual way of making itself metallic blue” The drupe fruits of the Viburnum tinus plant. Credit: Rox Middleton There’s a reason why blue fruits are so rare: the pigment compounds that make fruits blue are relatively uncommon in nature. But the metallic blue fruits of Viburnum tinus, a popular…