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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

Lantana camara
Lantana camara · Alvesgaspar

Sources

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0

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  • identity · DH-SRC-0030
  • documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
  • compounds · DH-SRC-0030
  • taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗

CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive

Contributions and revisions

No published revisions are documented for this record. Community submissions enter review and retain attribution before any published change.

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