Plocama pendula

{{short description|Species of flowering plant in the coffee family Rubiaceae}}

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|image = Plocama pendula kz1.JPG

|genus = Plocama

|species = pendula

|authority = Aiton

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Plocama pendula is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family Rubiaceae, endemic to the Canary Islands.{{cite web|title=Flora de Canarias: Plocama pendula |url=http://www.floradecanarias.com/plocama_pendula.html |accessdate=5 March 2017 }}{{cite book|last1=Bramwell|first1=D.|last2=Bramwell|first2=Z.|year=2001|title=Wild flowers of the Canary Islands|publisher=Editorial Rueda|location=Madrid, Spain|ISBN=84-7207-129-4}}{{rp|260}} It is a shrub growing up to {{convert|2|m|0|abbr=on}}, with filiform (very narrow leaves) and minute flowers grouped near the tips of slender, pendulous branches. The fruit, a berry, is black.

File:Plocama pendula kz3.JPG|Flowers and young fruit

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