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Lantana camara var. camara
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Family:
VERBENACEAE
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Citation: Lantana camara L., Sp. Pl. 627.1757, var. camara; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 317. 1989; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 13. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 311. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 240. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 241. 2002; Rajendran & Daniel, Indian Verbenaceae 181. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 640. 2009.
Lantana aculeata L., Sp. Pl. 627. 1753; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1087(761). 1924.
Lantana camara L. var. aculeata (L.) Moldenke, Torreya 34: 9. 1934; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 562. 1885; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 230. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 314. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 295. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 214. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 355. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 616. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 366. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 359. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 278. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 353. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 242. 1997; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 75. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 536. 1997; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 524. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 392. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 563. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Arippoochedi, Arippu, Eedamakki, Kaniya, Kattuchinda, Konda, Kongini, Njandukali, Onnimullu, Poochedi, Sankuthevamullu, Thevadasichedi, Unnichedi, Unnimullu
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Lantana, Shrub verbena, Wild sage
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Description:
Much branched scandent shrubs; stem 4-angled, armed with short thorns. Leaves simple, opposite, 3-6 x 2-4 cm, ovate or elliptic-ovate, apex acute to shortly acuminate, base subcordate or truncate, margin creneate-serrate, scabrous above, puberulous below, veins impressed above; petiole to 1.5 cm long. Inflorescence terminal and axillary condensed spikes; peduncle 3-4 cm long, shortly prickly. Flowers sessile, orangish-red, changing to deep red on ageing; bracts closely imbricating. Calyx truncate. Corolla salver-shaped; tube 0.8-1 cm long, slender, cylindric, bent and inflated over stamens; lobes 5, obscurely 2-lipped. Stamens 4, included. Ovary 2-celled; ovules 1 in each cell; style slender; stigma subcapitate. Drupe 2-3 mm across, globose, purple on ripening; seeds reticulate.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-June
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Introduced as ornamental plant; now naturalised as weed
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Distribution:
Native of Tropical America, widely naturalised in the tropics and subtropics
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow, Orange, Rose
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Weed:
Yes
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Peechi, Thenmala, Chinnar, Thekkady, Thunakkadavu, Valiyaparathode, Kakki hills, Pandalam, Taliparamba, Pappinisseri, Kannoth, Devicolam, Agali, Aroor, Nadugani ghats, Thenmalai, Attayar, Pongalapara
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