Lantana trifoliaL. [family VERBENACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
Lantana moritziana
Lantana hispida
Lantana armata
Lantana reticulata
Lantana not on sheet
Lantana trifolia
Lantana mexicana
Lippia schliebenii
Lantana maxima
Lantana acuminata
Lantana salviifolia
Lantana viburnoides
Lantana venturi
Lippia burtonii
Lantana mearnsii
Lantana triphylla
Common name
anaanu kч̃mì (FRI) anaanu kσŋt∫o (FRI)NOTE: other names under L. camara and L. rhodesiensis may also apply. (GHANA, GA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
ananse dσkono = spider’s ‘kenki’ (FRI; E&A) (GHANA, AKAN-TWI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
Flora
Entry for Lantana trifolia Linn. [family VERBENACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, page 273, (1900) Author: (by J. G. Baker and O. Stapf)
Names
Lantana trifoliaLinn. [family VERBENACEAE], Schauer in DC. Prod. xi. 606. —Bot. Mag. t. 1449; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 563.
Information
A little-branched undershrub. Stems without any prickles, hairy upwards. Leaves in threes, shortly petioled, ovate or oblong, faintly crenate, 3–4 in. long, slightly scabrous above, very slightly rugose, thinly pubescent beneath. Spikes solitary from the axil of each leaf, shortly peduncled, at first globose, finally oblong: bracts green, ovate, acute, hairy, the lower 1/4 in. long. Corolla pink or lilac, with a yellow eye; tube 1/4 in. long; limb 1/4 in. diam. Drupe purple.
Range
A native of Tropical America, also naturalised in Tropical Asia.
Distribution
British East Africa Nile Land Jur; Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 2207! Niamniam; Nabambisso River, Schweinfurth, 3749!Lagos Upper Guinea Rowland!
