👋 Lantana camara

by Sarah on February 17, 2022 in Verbenaceae

Traditional Herbs from Lantana camara

stomach_ache

Wash 9 fresh tembelekan fruit then eat them raw.
Eat 3 times a day.

eczema

Prepare 1 handful of fresh tembelekan leaves. Wash the leaves clean then boil them together 3 glasses of water to boil for 15 minutes.
Remove and leave until it becomes warm. Use this eczema herbal concoction water to wash the skin affected by eczema.

What is Lantana camara Looks like??

Parts of Lantana camara that could be used

Leaves
Flowers
Roots

Lantana camara Distribution

Tembelekan is a plant that originates from tropical regions in America and is distributed in tropical areas on almost all continents. Apart from being used as an ornamental plant and hedge plant, this plant is also used by the community as a medicinal plant and natural insecticide.
Agroecology of Lantana camara
Generally found in many places ranging from lowlands to highlands up to an altitude of 1,700 m above sea level, open places exposed to sunlight.
Morphology of Lantana camara

Tap root, round, brownish yellow, has root hairs that grow from the main root.
Shrub stem, woody, erect, branched, spiny stem.
Leaves opposite, green, ovate, upper surface The leaves have many hairs and the lower surface has sparse hairs. The edges of the leaves are serrated and coarsely hairy, 5-8 cm long and 3-5 cm wide.
Flowers are clustered, arranged in dense spikelets in the leaf axils. yellow, red, pink, orange.
Fruits clustered at the end of the stalk, small, round, green when unripe, bluish black and shiny when ripe.

Cultivation of Lantana camara

Generative (seed) and vegetative (stem cuttings) propagation.

Lantana camara, more details :

Chemical Content of Lantana camara
Roots: verbascose, ajugose, lanthanose, α, β, theveside, theveiridoside, shanzhiside methyl ester and lantanolic acid.. Leaves: euphene, triterpene, lactone, lantadene A, B, oleanolic acid, betulic acid and lantaputaric acid.. Flowers: humule volatile oils (sesquiterpene curcumene, safrole), α-terpinene, gamma- terpinene, α- Pinene, β-Pinene and p-cymene.
Benefits of Lantana camara
Reduces fever (antipyretic), antidote (antitoxic), pain reliever (analgesic), treats tuberculosis, stops bleeding (hemostasis), rheumatism, swelling, bruising, gonorrhea, mumps (parotitis), skin disease related to emotional disorders (neurodermatitis ), skin inflammation, eczema, skin fungus (tinea), boils, bleeding wounds, scalded, insect bites, stomach ache, vaginal discharge.
Simplisia of Lantana camara

Wash fresh leaves thoroughly with running water.
Cut the leaves into small pieces and let them dry in the air for 7 days until the leaves are dry. Grind them into powder.
Store in a closed, airtight container, at room temperature.