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Lantana trifolia (PROSEA)

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:Protologue: Sp. pl. 2: 626 (1753).

== Vernacular names ==

*Indonesia: tahi ayam (general), puyengan (Javanese), mandakaki (Sundanese)
*Malaysia: bunga pagar puteh (Peninsular)
*Thailand: phakaa krong.

== Distribution ==

Native to the West Indies and South America, common in tropical Africa and introduced and naturalized in India, Peninsular Malaysia and Java.

== Uses ==

In Malaysia and South America ''L. trifolia'' is used in a similar way as ''L. camara'' . In Burundi it is also applied to treat theileriasis in livestock.

== Observations ==

An erect shrub up to 3 m tall, stems angular, with white hairs but not prickly, faintly aromatic; 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 spicate, subcapitate when young, later elongated to 5 cm long; 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, 97, 101, 202, 968, 979, 1267, 1505.

== Authors ==

Florentina Indah Windadri & J.L.C.H. van Valkenburg


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