Lantana viburnoides Vahl

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Verbenaceae > Lantana

Characteristics

Shrub or subshrub 0.3–2.5 m. tall, occasionally scrambling; branches with adpressed short upwardly directed hairs, at length ± glabrous and roughened with distinctly raised petiole-bases.. Leaves almost always opposite, but occasionally in whorls of 3, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, elliptic-oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, 1.5–2.5(–12) cm. long, 0.7–4(–7) cm. wide, acute to ± obtuse at the apex, rounded then attenuate-cuneate into the petiole at the base, regularly coarsely to finely somewhat rounded crenate, not to distinctly discolorous, pubescent with ± tubercle-based hairs above and somewhat scabrid, pubescent to velvety or tomentose beneath; petiole up to 1.5 cm. long.. Peduncles solitary, rarely paired, (1.5–)2.5–13.5 cm. long, shorter than to usually longer than the subtending leaf, shortly pubescent; heads 0.7–1.5 cm. long, 1.1–2.5 cm. wide, mostly wider than long but elongating in fruit to 1.5–3 cm. or occasionally much longer, to 5 cm. in some forms; lower bracts rounded to broadly ovate or rarely oblong-ovate, 0.6–1.4(–1.5) cm. long, (3–)5–9 mm. wide, ± acuminate to less often long-acuminate or obtuse, equalling or exceeding the upper corollas at flowering but shorter than fruiting spikes, pubescent and glandular to densely velvety tomentose, sometimes strongly ribbed in fruit.. Calyx 2 mm. long, undulate, thinly pubescent.. Corolla predominantly white or sometimes pink; tube 5.5 mm. long; limb ± 5 mm. wide; lower lip 3.5 mm. wide.. Drupes lilac-purple, rhomboid-subglobose, 2.5–3.5 mm. long.
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A shrub. It can be scrambling and can grow to 5 m high. The small branches have thorns. The leaves are opposite. The flowers are white.
Aromatic straggling subshrub or woody herb to about 3 ft. high
Peduncles long, usually exceeding the leaves
Flowers relatively large, white.
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.91 - 2.5
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows on the edge of the rainforest. It suits humid locations.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The ripe fruit are eaten.
Uses environmental use material medicinal social use
Edible fruits leaves
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 42 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
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Germination treatment soaking
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Images

Habit

Lantana viburnoides habit picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)
Lantana viburnoides habit picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)
Lantana viburnoides habit picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

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Lantana viburnoides leaf picture by vicky chelangat (cc-by-sa)
Lantana viburnoides leaf picture by Kaudo Basil (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Lantana viburnoides flower picture by George Mugambi (cc-by-sa)
Lantana viburnoides flower picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)
Lantana viburnoides flower picture by korrosianwilliam (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Lantana viburnoides world distribution map, present in Angola, Botswana, Central African Republic, Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Oman, Rwanda, Sudan, Somalia, Chad, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:863482-1
WFO ID wfo-0000223476
COL ID 6NWR2
BDTFX ID 37567
INPN ID 104934
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Synonyms

Charachera viburnoides Lantana viburnoides

Lower taxons

Lantana viburnoides var. kisi Lantana viburnoides subsp. viburnoides Lantana viburnoides subsp. masaica