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Family: Verbenaceae	Genus: Lantana	Species: Lantana camara Linn.

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Camara vulgaris Benth., Lantana asperata Vis., Lantana crocea Jacq.	Flower Color	White
Common Name	Lantana	Flower Type	Cyme
English / Trade Name	Lantana, Lantana Weed	Flowering Period	Jan-March
Vernacular /Local Name	Phul Lakri	Fruiting Period	April-June
Altitude	Below 2000 M	Fruit Type	Berry
Habit	Shrub	Fruit Details	A globose ripening dark black or blue one seeded reticulate
Habitat	Most aggressive weed of disturbed ground, plains from the coast to the hills	Bark Type	Rugged
Distribution	India, Bhutan, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Russia, Singapore, Thailand and native of Tropical America	Bark Details	Rough Prickly Stem/bark
Distribution in chandigarh	Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary, Patiala-ki-Rao Reserved Forest, Sector 6	Origin	Exotic
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Ovate
Description of Species	Evergreen shrub with rambling or straggling branches, 1-2(-4) m, tall. Leaves opposite,simple, lanceolate-ovate, cordate or ovate-oblong, 3-9 x 1.5-6 cm across, base attenuate, cuneate or rounded, margin serrate or crenate,apex acuminate. Flowers 5-8 mm across, mostly orange or yellow, turning to red or scarlet later. Calyx 2-3 mm long, thin, pubescent. Corolla-tube 7-10 (-12) mm long, pubescent. stamens 4, didynamous, filaments about 1 mm long, anthers yellowish, ovoid about 0.5 mm long, ovary conical about 1 mm long,style stout about 3 mm long stigma obliquely subcapitate.drupe 3-5 mm in diameter, globose, fleshy, black, shining, 2-seeded	Leaf Details	Leaves 3-9 x 1.5-6 cm across, base attenuate, cuneate or rounded, margin serrate or crenate, apex acuminate, coarse chartaceous and dark green on the dorsal side

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