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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MS083 : Lantana camara L.

Plant Category : Shrubs
Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 404
Synonym : Camara vulgaris Benth.; Lantana antidotalis Thonning (1827); Lantana camara var. aculeata.; Lantana crocea Jacq.; Lantana glandulosissima Hayek.; Lantana mexicana Turner.; Lantana mixta Medik.; Lantana moritziana Otto & A.Dietr.; Lantana sanguinea Medik.; Lantana scabrida Ait.; Lantana spinosa L. ex Le Cointe.; Lantana undulata Raf.; Lantana urticifolia Mill.; Lantana x aculeata f. crocea (Jacq.) Voss;
Plant Common Name : Raimuni, Haldi-Kunku, Lantana • Manipuri: Samballei, Nongballei, Thirei • Hindi: Raimuniya • Nepali: Masino Kaandaa, Van Phandaa • Tamil: Unnichedi • Marathi: Tantani , Ghaneri • Kannada: Kakke, Natahu • Telugu: Pulikampa

Plant Family : Verbenaceae
Description : Evergreen shrub with rambling or straggling branches, 1-2(-4) m, tall; branches usually minutely or inconspicuously pubescent, unarmed to conspicuously prickly with hooked spines. Leaves opposite, decussate, ovate to ovate-oblong, (2-) 5-10 (-12) cm long, (1.5-) 2-5 cm broad, crenate-serrate, acute to shortly acuminate, ± rugose, scabrid; petiole 5-10 (-12) mm long. Flowering heads axillary, peduncled, umbellate in flower, shorter to exceeding the subtending leaves, 2-3 cm across. Bracts lanceolate to linear, 5-7 mm broad, acute to subulate, rarely a few larger ones also present. Flowers 5-8 mm across, mostly orange or yellow, turning to red or scarlet later. Calyx 2-3 mm long, thin, pubescent. Corolla-tube 7-10 (-12) mm long, pubescent, slightly enlarged and curved above the middle; limb 4 lobed with spreading, ± rounded lobes. Drupe 3-5 mm in diameter, globose; fleshy, black, shining, 2-seeded. Fl. Per.: Throughout the year.
Plant Location in Melghat : -
Medicinal Use / Activity : Lantana essential oil is sometimes used for the treatment of skin itches, as an anti-septic for wounds, and externally for leprosy and scabies. It is applied as a poultice on rheumatic joints. The root is sweet and bitter tasting, refrigerant, antifebrile. A decoction is used to treat influenza, cough, mumps, incessant high fever, malaria, cervical lymph node tuberculosis, asthma, toothache, headache, inflammation, gonorrhea and Leucorrhoea. The flowers are sweet tasting, mildly cooling and haemostatic. A decoction of the dried flowers is used in the treatment of haemoptysis and pulmonary tuberculosis. The leaves are aromatic with a minty taste, they have a cooling nature, are antiphlogistic, anti-dermatosic, diaphoretic, febrifuge, pectoral, stimulant, tonic and vulnerary. An infusion of the leaves and flowering tops is used in the treatment of fevers, constipation, tuberculosis, catarrh and bronchitis.
Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS: Lantadene A; Lantadene B; umbelliferone; methylcoumarin; salicylic acid; Verbascoside; Lantanoside; linaroside acid; camarinic acid; beta-caryophyllene; zingiberene; gamma-curcumene; germacene D; 3-elemene; gamma-caryophyllene; beta-elemene; alpha-copane; alpha-cadinene; Curcumin;

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (6):

Lantadene A;

Caryophyllene;

Beta-caryophyllene;

Curcumin;

Curcumene;

Gamma-Caryophyllene;

Plant's Current Status : Common
Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142
Reference : Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve - http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200019370 - http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Lantana.html - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17453937 - http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Lantana+camara - https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/32676 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20645797 - https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/29771
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Kingdom : Plantae - Plants
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision : Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Subclass : Asteridae
Order : Lamiales
Family : Verbenaceae - Verbena family
Genus : Lantana L. - lantana
Species : Lantana camara L. - lantana

Lantana camara L. - lantana
Lantana camara L. - lantana
Lantana camara L. - lantana
Lantana camara L. - lantana
Lantana camara L. - lantana