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Lantana
Lantana camara
Lantana · Wild Sage · / · Almindelig ildkrone · Amerikinė lantana · Añono · Añunu · Ağaç Minesi · Bandera española · Beishi · Bird's Brandy · Black Sage · Bunga Tahi Ayam · Bông ổi · Camara · Camara-juba · Camaradinha-comum · Camará · Camará-amarelo · Camará-juba · Cambará · Cambará-amarelo
At a glance
Origin / distribution: China, Trinidad, Bahamas, Salvador, Guyana, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Venezuela
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Abdomen, Alexiteric, Anemia, Antibiotic
Science studied: ALPHA-AMYRIN, ASH, CADINENE, CALCIUM
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Verbenaceae
Scientific name: Lantana camara
Common names: Lantana, Wild Sage, /, Almindelig ildkrone, Amerikinė lantana, Añono, Añunu, Ağaç Minesi, Bandera española, Beishi, Bird's Brandy, Black Sage, Bunga Tahi Ayam, Bông ổi, Camara, Camara-juba, Camaradinha-comum, Camará, Camará-amarelo, Camará-juba, Cambará, Cambará-amarelo
History
The source record documents this plant in Elsewhere, China, Trinidad, Bahamas, Salvador, Guyana, Dominican Republic, Haiti and 12 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Abdomen
- Alexiteric
- Anemia
- Antibiotic
- Antiseptic
- Antispasmodic
- Bilious
- Catarrh
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- Chest-Cold
- Chickenpox
- Cold
- Tuberculosis
- Cough
- Depurative
- Diaphoretic
- Digestive
- Dysentery
- Dysmenorrhea
- Emmenagogue
- Expectorant
- Fever
- Fistula
- Flu
- Hemostat
- Inflammation
- Itch
- Jaundice
- Leprosy
- Malaria
- Measles
- Mumps
- Parotiditis
- Parturition
- Pectoral
- Poison
- Rheumatism
- Sedative
- Skin
- Sore
- Stimulant
- Stomach
- Stomatitis
- Tetanus
- Tonic
- Ache(Tooth)
- Tumor
- Wound
- Yellow Fever
- Dyspepsia
- Fatality
- Nervine
- Piscicide
- Stomachic
- Trauma
- Carminative
- Eczema
- Neurodermatitis
- Spasm
- Vulnerary
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Elsewhere
- China
- Trinidad
- Bahamas
- Salvador
- Guyana
- Dominican Republic
- Haiti
- Venezuela
- Turkey
- Angola
- Philippines
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- Panama
- Kurdistan
- Mexico
- Iraq
- Tonga
- "
- Trop Na
- Java
Documented cultural uses
- Abdomen
- Alexiteric
- Anemia
- Antibiotic
- Antiseptic
- Antispasmodic
- Bilious
- Catarrh
- Chest-Cold
- Chickenpox
- Cold
- Tuberculosis
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- Cough
- Depurative
- Diaphoretic
- Digestive
- Dysentery
- Dysmenorrhea
- Emmenagogue
- Expectorant
- Fever
- Fistula
- Flu
- Hemostat
- Inflammation
- Itch
- Jaundice
- Leprosy
- Malaria
- Measles
- Mumps
- Parotiditis
- Parturition
- Pectoral
- Poison
- Rheumatism
- Sedative
- Skin
- Sore
- Stimulant
- Stomach
- Stomatitis
- Tetanus
- Tonic
- Ache(Tooth)
- Tumor
- Wound
- Yellow Fever
- Dyspepsia
- Fatality
- Nervine
- Piscicide
- Stomachic
- Trauma
- Carminative
- Eczema
- Neurodermatitis
- Spasm
- Vulnerary
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- The population structure of invasive <i>Lantana camara</i> is shaped by its mating system. · 2026 source ↗
- Climatic Niche Dynamics of Lantana camara from Its Native to Invasive Range: Implications for Invasion Risk in Nepal · 2026 source ↗
- Study of visitor butterflies on Lantana camara (Linnaeus, 1753) in a disturbed sub-urban metropolis with reference to their proboscis morphometry. · 2026 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ALPHA-AMYRIN
- ASH
- CADINENE
- CALCIUM
- CAMERENE
- CEDRENE
- CINEOLE
- P-CYMENE
- DIPENTENE
- EO
- EUGENOL
- FAT
- FURFUROIDS
- GERANIOL
- INVERTASE
- 3-KETORUSOLIC-ACID
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- LANTADENES
- LANTADENE-B
- LANTANIC-ACID
- LANTANOLIC-ACID
- LANTIC-ACID
- LINALOL
- LIPASE
- 22-BETA-{(S)-2-METHYLBUTANOYLOXY}-3-OXOOLEAN-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID
- METHYL-3-OXO-URSOLATE
- CIS-NEROLIDOL
- OXIDASE
- PHELLANDRAL
- PHELLANDRONE
- ALPHA-PINENE
- PHOSPHORUS
- PROTEIN
- SODIUM
- SUGAR
- TANNASE
- GAMMA-TERPINENE
- THEVESIDE
- THEVIRIDOSIDE
- WATER
- ALDEHYDES
- LANTADENE-A
- NITROGEN
- GLUCOSIDASAE
- ISOCAMARENE
- LANTABETULIC-ACID
- LANTOIC-ACID
- MAGNESIUM
- AMYLASE
- CADINOL
- CATALASE
- CITRAL
- FARNESOL
- FURFURAL
- ICTEROGENIN
- LANCAMACRONE
- LANTANILIC-ACID
- LIGNIN
- MANGANESE
- PL
- TRANS-NEROLIDOL
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- TANNIN
- TERPINEOL
- 1-TRIACONTANOL
- LANTANINE
- BETULINIC-ACID
- ALPHA-CELLULOSE
- POTASSIUM
- PHELLANDRENE
- CARYOPHYLLENE
- AROMADENDRENE
- BETA-BISABOLENE
- CAMPHENE
- CAMPHOR
- DELTA-3-CARENE
- BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE
- CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE
- 1,8-CINEOLE
- ALPHA-COPAENE
- ALPHA-CUBEBENE
- LIMONENE
- LINALOOL
- CIS-BETA-OCIMENE
- OCT-1-EN-3-OL
- BETA-PINENE
- TERPINEN-4-OL
- TERPINOLENE
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images

Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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