Llagunoa nitida

Native to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, it is an Andean shrub or small tree known as cuentas de rosario in Colombia. Its small flowers lack petals and have a cup-shaped calyx; the male flowers bear eight unequal stamens. The fruit is a rounded, three-part capsule that opens through three valves to expose glossy black seeds. These seeds have traditionally been used to make rosaries. Photographed in Bogotá, Colombia.