Lantana camara L.
Synonym:
Lantana
aculeata L., Lantana scabrida Soland, Lantana antillana Raf., (Anonymous, 2015).
Vernacular
Names: Cente manis (Indonesian),
Sente (Sumatran), Tahi ayam (Indonesian), Baong (Java), Saliara (Sumatran), Tembelek
ayam (Java), Birgambiran (Java),
and Kamanco (Java) (Steenis, 2013).
Description:
Lantana
camara is a low erect or subscandent, vigorous shrub with stout recurved
prickles and a strong odour of black currents. It grows to 1,2-2,4 metres. It’s
root system is very strong, and it gives out a new flush of shoots even after
repeated cuttings; leaf ovate or ovate-oblong, acute or subacute, crenate-serrate,
rugose above scabrid on both sides; Flower small, usually
flower color is orange, sometimes varying from white to red in various shades
and having a yellow throat, in axillary heads; Fruit small, greenish-blue
black, blackish, drupaceous, shining, with two nutlets (Pagad, 2006).
Origin:
American
tropics (Pagad, 2006).
Distribution: Spread in tropical areas such as Indonesian. Ecologi: Bright sunlight area until quite shady area. Scattered from the lowlands to an altitude of 1700 m.
Propagation and Dispersal: generative propagation trough seeds and stem cuttings.
Agricultural Important: dry powder of Lantana camara can to refused
the present of diseasse (Widjaja, 2004).
Authority: (Sari, 2015)
References
Steenis, et
al. 2013. Flora. Jakarta: Library
Hall.
Anonymous.
2015. Lantana camara L. http://www.fs.fed.us/global
/iitf/pdf/shrubs/Lantana%20camara.pdf. Accesed on 11 March 2015.
Pagad, Shayama. 2006. Lantana camara. http://www.issg.org/
database/species/ecology.asp?si=56. Accessed on 21 March 2015.
Suryaningsih, E. and Widjaja, W. 2004. Pestisida Botani untuk Mengendalikan Hama dan Penyakit pada Tanaman Sayuran. Bogor: Vegetable Research Center.
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