<big>''[[Lantana trifolia]]'' L.</big>
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:Protologue: Sp. pl. 2: 626 (1753).
== Observations ==
*An erect shrub up to 3 m tall, stems angular, with white hairs but not prickly, faintly aromatic; leaves .*Leaves mostly in whorls of 3, sometimes opposite or 4-whorled, oblong-lanceolate to elliptical-lanceolate, 5-12 cm × 2-6 cm, petiole 5-12 cm long; inflorescence .*Inflorescence spicate, subcapitate when young, later elongated to 5 cm long; flowers .*Flowers with a corolla tube extending to 7 mm long during anthesis, pink, lavender, purple or white; fruit a sweet, juicy drupe, globose or obovate, purplish-red or white. ''L. trifolia'' occurs in open disturbed habitats from sea-level to 800 m altitude, prefering dry thickets.
== Selected sources ==
*[92] Backer, C.A., 1928-1934. Onkruidflora der Javasche suikerrietgronden. Handboek ten dienste van de suikerriet-cultuur en de rietsuiker-fabricage op Java [Weed flora of Javanese sugar-cane fields. Handbook for the cultivation of sugar-cane and manufacturing of cane-sugar in Java]. Vereeniging het Proefstation voor de Java-Suikerindustrie, Pasuruan, Indonesia. 4 volumes. 970 pp.*[97] Backer, C.A. & Bakhuizen van den Brink Jr, R.C., 1963-1968. Flora of Java. 3 volumes. Noordhoff, Groningen, the Netherlands. Vol. 1 (1963) 647 pp., Vol. 2 (1965) 641 pp., Vol. 3 (1968) 761 pp.*[101] Baerts, M. & Lehmann, J. 1991. Plantes médicinales vétérinaires de la région des Crêtes Zaire-Nil au Burundi. [Veterinary medicinal plants of the region of Cretes Zaire-Nil in Burundi]. Annalen Economische Wetenschappen-Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika 21. 133 pp.*[202] Burkill, I.H., 1966. A dictionary of the economic products of the Malay Peninsula. Revised reprint. 2 volumes. Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Vol. 1 (A-H) pp. 1-1240. Vol. 2 (I-Z) pp. 1241-2444.*[968] Moldencke, H.N., 1940. Verbenaceae. In: Pulle, A. (Editor): Flora of Suriname. Vol 4(2). Koninklijke Vereniging Koloniaal Instituut, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Mededeeling No 30. Afdeling Handelsmuseum No 11. pp. 257-321.*[979] Morton, J.F., 1981. Atlas of medicinal plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, Illinois, United States. 1420 pp.*[1267] Rwangabo, P.C., Claeys, M., Pieters, L., Corthout, J., Berghe, D.A.V. & Vlietinck, A.J., 1988. Umuhengerin, a new antimicrobially active flavonoid from Lantana trifolia. Journal of Natural Products 51(5): 966-968.*[1505] van Puyvelde, L., Geiser, I., Rwangabo, P.C. & Sebikali, B., 1983. Rwandese herbal remedies used against gonorrhoea. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 8(3): 279-286. == Main genus page ==*[[Lantana (PROSEA)|''Lantana'']] (Medicinal plants)
== Authors ==
*Florentina Indah Windadri & J.L.C.H. van Valkenburg
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