Alantana: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Alantana in South and Central America is the name of a plant defined with Lantana camara in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Lantana camara forma mutabilis (Hook.) Moldenke (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Revista de la Facultad de Farmacia (Merida) (1974)
· Aspects of Plant Sciences (1987)
· Rev. Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon (1983)
· Journal de Botanique Société de Botanique de France (2004)
· South African Journal of Botany (1984)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1988)
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