Lantana indica Roxb.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Verbenaceae > Lantana

Characteristics

A small shrub. It is erect and branched. It grows 1-2.5 m tall. The leaves are opposite or can be in rings of 3. They are oval and 3-6 cm long by 2-4 cm wide. There are rounded teeth along the edge. They are softly hairy underneath. The flowers are in short spikes 2-3 cm long. The flowers are white or pink and 3-5 mm across. The fruit is fleshy and 3-5 mm across. They are purple. They have a 2-celled stone with one seed in each.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 2.5
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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in forest.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses food medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Earache (flower), Wounds and injuries (flower), Toothache (fruit), Abdominal pain (leaf), Abortifacient agents (leaf), Antifungal agents (leaf), Anti-infective agents, local (leaf), Antinematodal agents (leaf), Antirheumatic agents (leaf), Epilepsy (leaf), Fever (leaf), Headache (leaf), Inflammation (leaf), Insecticides (leaf), Oxytocics (leaf), Scorpion stings (leaf), Snake bites (leaf), Vomiting (leaf), Tetanus (unspecified), Anti-bacterial agents (whole plant), Diuretics (whole plant)
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 42 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
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Germination treatment soaking
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Images

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Lantana indica unspecified picture

Distribution

Lantana indica world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Thailand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:863312-1
WFO ID wfo-0000223191
COL ID 3S7P9
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Synonyms

Lantana latifolia Lantana collina Lantana scabra Lantana indica