Lantana
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Botanical Name |
Lantant camara |
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Family |
Verbenaceae |
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Other Names |
Common lantana, large leaved lantana, prickly lantana, sweet sage, white sage, wild sage |
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Description |
Erect branching shrub up to 2m. Stems: quadrangular, hooked prickles. Leaves: ovate, serrate margin, up to 10cm. Flowers: pink-red-orange-yellow dense flat topped clusters |
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Native to |
Tropical America |
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Parts Used |
Leaves |
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Actions |
Anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, emmenagogue, vermifuge |
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Constituents |
Triterpenes –lantadenes A, B, C, D, linaroside, lantanoside, lantanone, lantic acid, lantanilic acid, camarilic acid, camaracinic acid, betulinic acid, ursolic acid, oleanolic acid, and a series of translactone containing euphane derivatives Essential oil –limonene, alpha phellandrene, germacrene-D, bicyclogermacrene, 1, 8 cineole, alpha humulene, beta caryophyllene, sabinene Flavonoid and phenylpropanoid glycosides –camaraside, lantanaside, verbascoside, geniposide, theveside, theveridoside |