Lantana camara L.
അരിപ്പൂച്ചെടി
| Family: | VERBENACEAE |
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| Sub-Family: | Not available | ||||
| English Name: | Wild Sage | ||||
| Synonym: | Camara vulgaris Benth. | ||||
| Common Name: | Njandukali | ||||
| Flowering & Fruiting Period: | April-June | ||||
| Distribution: | Native of Tropical America | ||||
| Habitat: | Introduced as ornamental plant; now naturalised as weed | ||||
| Uses: | Ornamental weed. Lantana essential oil is sometimes used for the treatment of skin itches, as an antiseptic for wounds, and externally for leprosy and scabies. A decoction of the dried flowers is used in the treatment of haemoptysis and pulmonary tuberculosis. | ||||
| Key Characteristics: | Much branched scandent shrubs; stem 4-angled, armed with short thorns. Leaves simple, opposite, margin creneate-serrate. Inflorescence terminal and axillary condensed spikes. Flowers sessile, orangish-red, changing to deep red on ageing. Calyx truncate. Corolla salver-shaped. Stamens 4, included. Ovary 2-celled; ovules 1 in each cell; style slender; stigma subcapitate. Fruit is a drupe. | ||||