Open AccessLantana camara, An Alien Weed for Livestock: A Review
Author(s) -
Adya Prakash Rath,
Krutanjali Swain,
Sumitra Panigrahi,
Abhilash Routray,
Sasmita Panda,
Saraswat Sahoo,
Subha Ganguly
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
annals of plant sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2287-688X
DOI - 10.21746/aps.2016.12.004
Subject(s) - lantana camara , lantana , noxious weed , verbenaceae , shrub , weed , ornamental plant , biology , geography , subtropics , botany , agroforestry , ecology
Lantana camara Linn. (Family: Verbenaceae), an ornamental shrub, a noxious weed grows in many tropical and subtropical parts of world. The common name of this ornamental shrub is lantana, wild/red sage, bunch berry, locally known as “Barophulnoo”. The genus Lantana (Verbenaceae) as described by Linnaeus in 1753 contained seven species, six from South America and one from Ethiopia.