Scientific Name :
Lantana camara L.
Synonym :
Camara vulgaris Benth.
Common Name : Lantana, Raimuniya
Plant Family : Verbenaceae
Habit : Shrub
Plant Description
Flowering & Fruiting : January to December
Flower Colour : Pink, Red, Yellowish, Orange
Description : Height: 2 to 5 m
Stem: Whitish, armed with short thorns, easily breakable, quadrangular, hairy
Leaves: Ovate, serrate, rough, dorsal side dark green, ventral surface pale green, opposite decussate
Flowers: Bracteate, sepals 5 , gamosepalous, valvate, green, petals 5 varied colour red, orange, yellow, pink, white, stamens 4, epipetalous, didynamous, gynoecium bicarpellary
Inflorescence: Umbel
Fruits: Drupe
Native/ Exotic : E
Locality : HN, CH, JM, VT, TL
Distribution Range : Mexico to Tropical America. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders.
Uses : The plant decoction is used in rheumatism, tetanus and malaria